Thank you very much Chris! -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:16 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] links containing both an image and text
This is part of a new feature called filter duplicate links, where if JAWS sees a graphical link and a text link that points to the same thing, it filters out the graphical link. Chris Hallsworth e-mail and Facebook: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 On 03/02/2010 22:41, Despain, Dallas wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I'm a developer trying to make sure that our web-based products are as > accessible as possible. We have run into a discrepancy between jaws 10 and > jaws 11. > > The "problem" is that in jaws 11, when you use the tab key to focus on a link > that contains both an image and text (the image does have alt text) jaws only > reads the text, not the alt text of the image. However if you use the arrow > keys to read the link, both the alt text and link text are announced as > expected. > > If you'd like to see this in action, it can be observed in example 7 of the > following page by webaim.org: http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/#functional > > The link in question reads "download the employment application" and also > contains an image with alt text= "sample image" > > So my question for you is: is this a known issue? I'm assuming that since I > cannot reproduce this in jaws 10, this behavior must be new and unexpected > but common. I'm not exactly sure how we could fix it, since our HTML is > correct. Which is more common, the tab key or the arrow keys? Does this issue > cause problems for jaws users? > > Thank you very much for any insight you could offer. > > Sincerely, > > Dallas Despain > RightNow Technologies > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
