By bim. Hiding text off the screen view using CSS is one of the ways that web authors can provide contextual information for screen reader users. This is just to make the information that is visually obvious, potentially audible...
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Tag: Hidden barriers
Posted at: 13/08/2007 9:11 AM by Verity Cork
By bim. Do be careful to define a base (natural) language on all web pages. Otherwise, defining other languages can result in the entire page being read by a screen reader trying to use the pronunciation rules for the wrong language...
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Tag: Hidden barriers
Posted at: 1/08/2007 12:53 PM by Verity Cork
By bim. In forms that have fairly long implicit labels, the BR element is the worst way to control where the text will wrap...
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Tag: Hidden barriers
Posted at: 30/07/2007 9:05 PM by Verity Cork
By bim. Here's another series of articles, designed to uncover techniques or practices that create difficulties for a wide range of disabled people. These are all techniques we've found in use on the web, on professionally run sites...
Read more about Hidden barriers to accessibility.
Tag: Hidden barriers
Posted at: 30/07/2007 7:57 AM by Verity Cork