Re: [orca-list] Orca and alt text for a web control

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

Are the alt tags positioned correctly on the form?  If the orientation 
of those tags are wrong you will have no speech on many different screen 
readers not just orca.  I found this out when I used to work for the 
Navy.

On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, John G Heim wrote:

> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:41:32
> From: John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu>
> To: orca <orca-list gnome org>
> Subject: [orca-list] Orca and alt text for a web control
>
> Orca seems to ignore alt text for fields on a web form. Is that deliberate? 
> Isn't that still the preferred way to have a screen reader describe a data 
> entry field when a user tabs into it?
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