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Re: Writing good ALT descriptions

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From: Mills, Teresa
Date: Jul 22, 2009 2:00PM

I point people to the following resources:

(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content).

http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/guide/1194.22.htm#(a)

http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse2.htm

Related Information

Creating Accessible Graphics (WEBAIM)
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/images/

Appropriate Use of Alternative Text
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/alttext/

Describing Illustrations, Diagrams, Maps, Tables, Charts, and Graphs
http://www.w3.org/2000/08/nba-manual/Overview.html

Guidelines on alt texts in img elements
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/alt.html

Example of D link
http://www.consideration.org/technology/accessexamples/dlinksample.html