[Nfb-web] alt vs title

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Michael and listers,

    Are you talking about the title attribute that is placed in a page 
header; <title>My Web Site</title>?If this is what you are referring to Jaws 
most certainly reads these titles. Some developers use this attribute to 
identify a particular page on a Web site, <title>Home</title>. I use it to 
remind visitors of the site they are currently browsing. Hence for example, 
<title>National Federation of the Blind of Missouri</title>. If their 
chapter and division sites are a part of their affiliate site I'll modify 
this information to include the name of the chapter or division, 
<title>National Federation of the Blind of Missouri, Kansas City 
Chapter</title>.

    If the above is what you're referring to Jaws and I'm sure other screen 
readers will read this information. If not if you can send a code example 
I'd like to see it to be sure we're talking about the same title attribute. 
Best wishes from our border Cindy, Mary and myself for a wonderful Easter.

Peter Donahue



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Hansen" <mhansen4 at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] alt vs title


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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