A method, program and system for providing access to alternate formats within
an
electronic document are provided. The invention comprises parsing a web page and
creating a document object model (DOM), and then parsing the alternate format attribute
of an image element within the DOM. The browser then displays the web page containing
an image (or images) according to the default settings of the browser. A user interface
is specified which allows the user to select alternate formats for the default
image. This user interface may be in the form of a pop up menu that is presented
to the user in response to an input command, such as a right mouse click on the
default image. The user can then select an alternate format which replaces the
original image in the web page. Alternate formats may include text, audio, or tactile formats.
