Bullets

ISSUE:

Users of screen-readers, screen-magnification applications, browsers with picture loading disabled, text-only browsers and some hand-held devices may not be able to access additional information visually presented by a bullet. This may be especially problematic if the information is important to the understanding of the document. Even when a bullet does not visually convey additional information, a user without visual access may be concerned that an Integral piece of information is present but inaccessible.

STANDARD:

Provide appropriate alternative text for graphical bullets.

Use simple alternative text for graphical bullets — an asterisk (*), a single letter (A) or single number(1).

Unless required to convey information visually depicted by a bullet, avoid alternative text that describes the bullet (e.g., "This is a small black ball").

EXAMPLE:

A HTML bullet (•) can also be used in the ALT tag for a graphical bullet. It will be read as "bullet" by most screen-readers.