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  		Pullquotes & Accessibility . . . - 8/18/2008 1:17:05   
. . . I haven't been able to find a convincing way of hiding (or otherwise dealing with) pullquotes so that screen readers won't read them out, thus reading the same piece of text twice or at least out of context.

Does anyone here have a solution?

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  		RE: Pullquotes & Accessibility . . . - 8/18/2008 3:37:54   
How about this approach: http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200609/automatic_pullquotes_with_javascript_and_css/ .

Or perhaps a simpler solution (not necessarily better) would be to add a line saying something like "Great quotes from this article" and then position that off-screen.

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  		RE: Pullquotes & Accessibility . . . - 8/18/2008 5:24:01   
Thanks Tail,

I was deliberately not using javascript because those who don't have it enabled wouldn't be able to see the pullquotes, but as that article says, it doesn't matter if they can't see it because as it's a pullquote, they'll see it in a few sentences anyway.

I'm still not sure I want to involve javascript for something like this, so I'll sleep on it for now.

Thanks again

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  		RE: Pullquotes & Accessibility . . . - 8/18/2008 6:40:11   
I'd say it's a good use for Javascript - enhancing the site. Everything works fine without it, just looks prettier with it.

Although I'd always ensure that the site works fine without JS on - I wouldn't expect it to necessarily be exactly the same.

I tend to use quotes that aren't included already in the text but to be 100% honest... I don't think I'd worry enormously about repeating the little chunks of text - don't think it'd be a major problem for anyone, even screenreader users.

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  		RE: Pullquotes & Accessibility . . . - 8/18/2008 7:14:46   
My view with pullquotes is that they are mostly very short, add emphasis to an article and are an indicator of the worth of the content when appearing near the top of an article. So they are of use when read out as well as seen; the user can then decide whether to continue reading/listening or not. I don't complicate matters trying to hide them.

Of course it depends on the quality of the pullquote. :)

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  		RE: Pullquotes & Accessibility . . . - 8/20/2008 0:20:48   
Thanks Caz & Tail,

A few days later and I've not touched that site! hmmmm, maybe I will later.

I agree that it's a good use for javascript Tail, and Caz, if I can pic succinct enough quotes, they could even almost double as headings when read by a screen reader (although of course the screen reader won't actually "say' that they're headings).

Also a good way to beef your site up with keyphrases, but don't tell they SEO people that.

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