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From: Rahul Gonsalves
Date: Jul 21, 2009 12:45PM

Hi John,

A quick Google search turns these up:

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200811/writing_good_alt_text/

http://www.gawds.org/show.php?contentid=28

http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/image-alt-text.shtml

http://webdesign.about.com/od/accessibility/a/great_alt_text.htm

Hope these help,
- Rahul.

On 21-Jul-09, at 11:55 PM, John E. Brandt wrote:

> I am looking for a good resource to point people to who have
> questions about
> writing good ALT descriptions. I could write one myself - well it
> would be
> my opinion and not necessarily "good" in the eyes of everyone - but
> I would
> rather have something that has been out there for a while, is
> mainstream and
> generally well respected. It does not have to be long - in fact, I
> would
> prefer something brief - and it should be fairly easy to understand.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions or nominees?
>
>
>
> ~j
>
>
>
> John E. Brandt
>
> Web Design, Development, Consultation
>
> Augusta, Maine USA
>
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>
> 207-622-7937
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>
>
>