DUPLICATE (Ignore) - Are tooltips readable by software for the blind?

Question

So SORRY, my internet is messed up. Please don't bother with this duplicate post.
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I have attached/created tooltips containing field descriptions to some item titles in my APEX forms.
Does anyone know if these tooltips will be read by software that a blind person might use?
Am worried about being 508 compliant with tooltips.
Thank you for your help in advance,
Maggie
Edited by: mjhamilton on Oct 6, 2009 4:23 PM

Answer 1

The whole point of the application page this tooltip is on is to give the user an awareness of the definitions for items that will be encountered throughout the application.I guess I'm struggling with the concept here...So this isn't on an actual form in the application?
I have page items. Let's use one called P3030_PROPOSED_NAME. When I view the Edit Page Item, I have set the Display As field to 'Display as Text (escape special characters, does not save state)'. And I have put in the Label field this: {span onmouseover="toolTip_enable(event,this,'FIELD HELP: Enter proposed feature name. (Up to 100 characters.)');"}Proposed Name{span} As noted above, this form of "tooltip" does not improve accessibility. (Not only may it be invisible to assistive technologies for the visually impaired, but it won't be seen by anyone using the keyboard for navigation instead of a mouse...)
For "tooltip" style assistance, the *title* attribute is the best idea as it is widely supported by browsers and assistive technologies, but it still isn't really suitable for important information (e.g. it will usually be invisible when using a normal browser with non-mouse navigation). For form items, critical information should be provided in the <label> associated with the item, and additional help available as HTML via an obvious link.
Any ideas on other ways to present the definitions?A clearly titled Definitions page with the definitions marked-up as a [definition list|http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/lists.html#h-10.3], accessed by obvious links?