Hi Christian,
You said: i have some times noticed that even if there is text on a
link VoiceOver just say link and nothing else. I have opened up the
same pages in Internet Explorer and as i said, there is text. Has
anyone else noticed this?
I suspect that this has something to do with the different ways that
JAWS determines what text is attached to a link compared to how VO
does this.
My understanding through experimentation is that VO looks at the code
and determines the text between the <a> and </a>, which is the text
that becomes colored when creating a link in HTML. If the web-
developer is lazy and does not place any text there, VO reads it as
simply a "link". You can often determine the path of the link by
pressing VO keys+h. VO can read you the alt tag of an image if the
web-developer puts the alt tag there. I haven't looked closely into
image-links so I can't comment on those at this point.
My understanding with JAWS is that it is a little more indepth with
its process. If the text is not present, it will look at the closest
text to the link and determine which it will read to you as the
appropriate text for the given link. Occasionally it's off-base but
usually it's pretty accurate.
If that's the sort of explanation you are looking for, great.
Otherwise, as others have mentioned, send us a URL that exemplifies
your question and someone will take a closer look at it and hopefully
come up with the answer you're looking for.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
