Just an idea... I don't know how screenreaders manage this but take a look
at this:
<style>
.readmoreTitle { display: none; }
</style>
<a href="#" title="Read more: [title]">Read more<span
class="readmoreTitle">: [title]</span></a>
Would this be an option?
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Sent: donderdag 4 november 2004 01:34
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [WSG] links with same names
>So the ability to have the titles of links read out by screenreaders
>can be influenced by a setting?
>Relying on that setting is dangerous, don't you think? If the users
>have the reading of title attributes turned off, they won't hear any
>difference between the links. In fact, no users of screenreaders I have
>met so far could hear the title attributes.
Good point Andreas, that is why i think that title attributes should be used
with caution, if the text is important don't put it in the title attribute.
plain text is best.
Also remember that title attributes are device dependent, keyboard users
cannot access them.
A reasonable way around the issue is what they do on the age/sydney morning
herald They have the heading as a link and and also a "more" link (both
point to the full text of the article)
Example:
Police arrest possible sex attacker
[11:30am] A Sydney rail commuter believes he saw someone resembling the
identikit picture of a serial sex attacker. more
it would be better if the more link had a title attribute, but the main
point is that screen reader users have at least one clearly stated link
to the article.
In reference to to title content:
I think it is better to have repeated words such as "more" or "full text"
at the end of the title text rather than the beginning
Examples:
america has spoken - full text
police arrest sex attacker -full text
As when read out of context the important and defining information is
"frontloaded" and allows easier identification of a particular link with a
list of links.
with regards
Steven Faulkner
Web Accessibility Consultant
National Information & Library Service (NILS)
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Kooyong Victoria 3144
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