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Re: Accessible Tooltips?

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From: priti
Date: Jun 12, 2006 12:00AM


Hi Travis,

I as a visually impaired user will not recommend, the option to update the
status bar. Its a normal tendency of screen reader users to access the
information displayed on the status bar, only when we have activated a
link--to find out the status of the page being loaded or not. Any
information displayed on the status bar, when a link receives focus will go
unnoticed by screen reader users.

As far as tooltip is concerned, users need to turn the tooltip reading
option on, which is not known to many of the screen reader users. It's
always advisable to display additional information within the 'Help' section
of the website.

Regards,
Priti Rohra
Accessibility Tester
Net Systems Informatics (I) Pvt. Ltd.
India
Tel: 91-22-26860485/6 extn: 28
E-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
Url: www.n-syst.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Travis Roth" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "'WebAIM Discussion List'" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 9:04 PM
Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible Tooltips?


Hi,

Are there any DHTML methods for creating an accessible tooltip that even a
screen reader can read?

By tooltip, I am referring to where extra help text is displayed on the
screen when a link has focus.

If no, would it be an acceptable approach to update the web browser's status
bar with the tooltip content so that a screen reader user could read it
easily by using the screen reader's Say status line command?

Travis Roth
Production Manager
TecAccess, LLC
(804) 749-8646 (office)
<EMAIL REMOVED>
www.TecAccess.net
Experts in Section 508 Compliance & Accessibility

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