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Re: Inline Images and ALT text

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 14, 2009 11:15AM

John Foliot wrote:

> Contrast: "Jared Smith, M.S., is the Associate Director for WebAIM. Jared
> Smith" vs. "Jared Smith, M.S., is the Associate Director for WebAIM.
> [Photo - Jared Smith]" Most screen readers, unless configured for maximum
> verbosity, tend to ignore/not voice the square brackets, and so would say
> aloud: "Jared Smith, M.S., is the Associate Director for WebAIM. Image -
> Photo - Jared Smith".

In this case, even better: "Jared Smith, M.S., is the Associate Director
for WebAIM." and a nice alt="" in the image?

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Patrick H. Lauke