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From: Webb, KerryA
Date: Nov 14, 2010 3:15PM

Australian Governments are in the process of planning how to achieve compliance with WCAG 2.0, so there's a flurry of training sessions going on so that we can assess the size of the task.

I went to one last week and am thinking more about various aspects of accessibility, including the humble ALT attribute.

Take the example of http://www.transport.act.gov.au/current_projects.html

At the foot of the page, there are two images promoting Road Safety campaigns. They don't link to anything, so I was inclined to say that they are purely decorative and therefore should have alt="". But then, they're promoting safety campaigns, so maybe they should have ALT text to provide a little extra promotion.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Kerry
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