[Nfb-web] alt vs title

[E.J. Zufelt]

Good morning,

Looking at JAWS 10 and IE 6, I noticed that all of the settings  
(JAWSKey + V) are set to not use the title attribute.  However, for  
some settings there is an option to use the title attribute.  With  
Voiceover and the newest Safari beta the title attribute is * always *  
spoken for links, as opposed to the visible on-screen text.

Perhaps the following older message from the Blind-webbers group at  
Yahoo will help a bit further.

 > Could someone possibly advise me, or point me in the right direction
 > where I
 > can find out the differences between the title and alt attributes  
on an
 > image, and what's best regarding accessibility? I suppose I'm  
referring to
 > HTML 4.01 Transitional in particular, although XHTML would be  
useful too.

Extensive discussions of the subject bookmarked at:

http://del.icio.us/benjaminhawkeslewis/(X)HTML%3Aalt%2Bguidance

On title, see:

http://tinyurl.com/25lf7a [RNIB WACBlog]

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On 12-Apr-09, at 7:51 AM, Michael Hansen wrote:

> Personally I have never used the title attribute. I have only used the
> alt attribute to provide descriptions of graphics. I am not sure that
> the screen readers used by the blind even make use of the title
> attribute.
>
> Does anyone on the list know if JAWS or WindowEyes make use of the
> titel attribute in any way?
>
> Mike
>
> On 4/10/09, Robin Brunner <compuplace at ecc-cr.net> wrote:
>> Every link has a tab index
>> For images which are also links:
>> I have alt attribute with the <img> tag
>> and title attribute with the <a> tag
>> Should I
>> add titles to images which are NOT links
>> but which already have alt attributes?
>> I'm green, and striving for
>> best inclusive design without too much noise.
>> Thank you.
>> Robin Switzer Brunner
>> CompuPlace Director
>> 601 Second Ave SE #3
>> Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401-1305
>> 319-362-4284
>> compuplace at ecc-cr.net
>> www.ecc-cr.net
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