It's usually built into a website, and into a lot of applications. Sighted folks find them helpful when hovering a mouse over a button or other element. Screen readers pick them up if they're designed to read them without mouse navigation.
Teresa On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > You anticipated my next question after both replies. Is this something built > into the screen reader, the tip itself, or into the website? > thanks for the wisdom. > Karen > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Brian Moore wrote: > >> I think the concept of tool tips is mostly a windows specific thing. most of >> the windows screen readers will read hthem. I have never seen tool tips as >> any part of the screen reader itself. >> >> Brina. >> >> >> On 01/02/2011 1:41 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> Very general question related to an access matter. >>> Does voiceover, or any screen reader for that matter, use this as a >>> feature? >>> I have never been a windows user, but I have never come across the term >>> at all. >>> thanks, >>> Karen >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
