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Re: Inline Images and ALT text

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From: Randall Pope
Date: Jan 14, 2009 12:45PM

Hi all,

This brings another interesting point. Normally I usually caption the
photos that describe the picture in one or two sentences then added an
enlarged photo for the low vision people who cannot see the regular size
(well this is what the audience wants). So my question is: does a good
descriptive caption take the place of the alt text? In other words can I
just type in the double quote in the alt text if I have a good descriptive
caption next to the photo?

Many thanks for your help.

With Warm Regards,
Randall "Randy" Pope
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[mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:13 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Inline Images and ALT text

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?

P
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Patrick H. Lauke