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From: Jared Smith
Date: Mar 2, 2010 1:00PM

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Geof Collis < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> One of the Validators I use says it is 150 characters and gives an
> error if it is over.

Then the validator is simply applying an arbitrary definition of
accessibility. Any validator result that flags something like this as
an error should be viewed with great caution. In this case, if the
alternative text is appropriate and still over 150 characters, then
simply ignore the error and carry on. However, the instances of
appropriate alternative text being over 150 characters are quite rare.
Luckily we, as intelligent humans, rather than tools get to decide
what is and is not accessible.

Jared