I'm wondering, can you also configure screen readers to expand out titles on any elements?

Adam

On 17 May 2008, at 22:46, Toby A Inkster wrote:

If the problem is 'machine readable dates get read out sometimes' I
don't see how the data: prefix solves that.

Screen readers may be configured to read out the title attribute for <abbr> and <acronym>; perhaps also <a> and <img>. But they don't automatically read out the contents of the title attribute in the general case. The title attribute on <span> or <div> or <table> or <b> or whatever will not be read out -- data can safely be kept there.

What is needed is a signal to parsers to tell them when to use element content, and when to use the title attribute. The "traditional" microformats method is:

        * If element==<abbr>, then title attribute
        * Else, element content.

Adding support for the "data:" prefix, this becomes:

        * If title attribute contains 'data:', then the remainder
          of the title attribute
        * Else if element==<abbr>, then title attribute
        * Else, element content.

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Toby A Inkster
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