Index: widgets/upanddown/upanddown.css
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/vote_up_down/widgets/upanddown/upanddown.css,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -p -r1.2 upanddown.css
--- widgets/upanddown/upanddown.css	24 Jul 2010 23:30:07 -0000	1.2
+++ widgets/upanddown/upanddown.css	6 Nov 2010 10:17:41 -0000
@@ -73,3 +73,19 @@
   background-image: url(status-active.gif);
   background-position: center;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Hide elements visually, but keep them available for screen-readers.
+ *
+ * Used for information required for screen-reader users to understand and use
+ * the site where visual display is undesirable. Information provided in this
+ * manner should be kept concise, to avoid unnecessary burden on the user. Must
+ * not be used for focusable elements (such as links and form elements) as this
+ * causes issues for keyboard only or voice recognition users. "!important" is
+ * used to prevent unintentional overrides.
+ */
+.element-invisible {
+  position: absolute !important;
+  clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); /* IE6, IE7 */
+  clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
+}
Index: widgets/upanddown/widget.tpl.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/vote_up_down/widgets/upanddown/widget.tpl.php,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -p -r1.3 widget.tpl.php
--- widgets/upanddown/widget.tpl.php	23 Oct 2010 03:08:50 -0000	1.3
+++ widgets/upanddown/widget.tpl.php	6 Nov 2010 10:17:41 -0000
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <div class="vud-widget vud-widget-upanddown" id="<?php print $id; ?>">
   <div class="up-score clear-block">
     <?php if ($show_links): ?>
-      <a href="<?php print $link_up; ?>" rel="nofollow" class="<?php print "$link_class_up $class_up"; ?>" title="<?php print t('Vote up!'); ?>"></a>
+      <a href="<?php print $link_up; ?>" rel="nofollow" class="<?php print "$link_class_up $class_up"; ?>" title="<?php print t('Vote up!'); ?>"><div class="element-invisible"><?php print t('Vote up!'); ?></div></a>
     <?php endif; ?>
     <span class="up-current-score"><?php print $up_points; ?></span>
   </div>