Re: links not being read in chrome, but being read fine in IE
Kevin Meyers <kevinmeyers@...>
One other thought. I would mention to the author of the web site they should follow ARIA: Accessible Rich Internet Applications and look at w3.org which Provides information on making sites accessible to the visually impaired as well as other disabilities. The url has information about ARIA and other ways to help make their site accessible. You could even mention that there are about 19 million people in this country with a disability. Not a small market.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of paul lemm
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2019 7:19 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: links not being read in chrome, but being read fine in IE
Hi Kevin,
Huge thanks for the reply, that’s actually really helpful to have an understanding of why it’s not working, I can now go back to the author of the site and see if he is able to make the appropriate changes.
Thanks again for the help
Paul
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Kevin Meyers
I finally took a look at the html on the site. One of the things a developer should do is test their web site on more than one browser. Plus they should have individuals with different disabilities test the site. They probably didn’t think of how a screen reader picks up on text or graphics. The site is using what I think is an attribute I never saw before. I think the internet explorer recognize it and the other browsers do not. I would suggest to them to use the alt attribute. The code uses the alt attribute in other locations. Yet it sets the alt attribute associated value to blank. A screen reader needs the alt attribute to have text.
For example:
Alt=”Facebook”
I hop;e this helps.
Kevin From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Randy Barnett
You will hear the following in IE but not Edge, Chrome or Firefox:
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