[uf-discuss] ISBN mark-up

[Andy Mabbett]

In message <C073E95C.6D554%tantek at cs.stanford.edu>, Tantek Çelik
<tantek at cs.stanford.edu> writes
>>>> I'm very concerned that that may be an abuse of "abbr"; and wonder how
>>>> it will sound when read to someone using assistive software?
>>>
>>> This is a common misconception[1] about the title attribute.
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.sf.id.au/WE05/indexa.html#slide5
>>
>> What, on the page you cite, do you think negates that concern?
>
>"In fact most screen readers will not speak the TITLE text unless the
>user is aware of the presence of TITLE texts and specifies the option
>to read TITLE texts, which for many, means that they will not hear the
>link text"

Indeed. I wonder how it will sound when read to someone using assistive
software?
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