With somebody here be so good as to answer a question I could not get answered on ano

[MarcMiller]

With somebody here be so good as to answer a question I could not get answered on another forum.


Cerbera wrote:
"*Muffled shouting about MIME types.*

I didn't notice any text alternative to the Portraits slideshow.

Also, a lot of screen readers run on desktop browsers like IE. Screen reader users will normally leave CSS enabled simply because they aren't aware of what it does or how to switch it off. Same as any other non-developer, really. Smile"

Marc wrote:
"OK the reason I thought turning CSS off was the way to see it as a sightless person would was from reading an article on hiding skip navigation links. If I recall the article correctly turning CSS off was the way to see it as a sightless person would. Of course a sightless person would not be seeing it literally but hearing it. So irrespective of what seen on the screen leaving CSS turned on does turning off CSS create a valid visual interpretation of what a sightless person hears."

So there it is. What is the answer.

Thanks
Marc

[LeeU]

I'm not sure of the question ...

[Robert Wellock]

Most Screen Readers scrape the page so it's more than likely the CSS will be present and that can affect the reading order - so no many blind people will have CSS turned on.

[felgall]

Web browsers process media=screen while readers should process media=aural so by specifying different stylesheets for the different media you can cater properly for both.