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RE: Longdesc not working

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From: Robinson, Norman B - Washington, DC
Date: Jul 13, 2005 6:29AM


In case it is of use to you, there are add-ons to the browser that will
allow you to view the longdesc without resorting to code reviews:

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&v
ersion=1.0&os=Windows&id=273 for Firefox
http://www.hackcraft.net/longdesclink/default.asp for Internet Explorer

That said, although we do use longdesc here, and more importantly the
information can be accessed using a screen reader, I find it to be more
useful to simply link to a detailed description of the complex visual
data. The complex image gets a link to it's own web page describing the
content.

Regards,

Norman