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From: Ritz, Courtney L. (GSFC-7500)
Date: Sep 22, 2010 1:21PM

Thanks all for your suggestions and insights.

Chuck, U too get these all-graphical invitations and they're the worst.

I ended up recommending here in my organization that people creating such e-mails just keep the content text-based and use images as decorations only.

thanks all for your suggestions and insights on this.

Courtney

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Images in HTML e-mails

As a JAWS user I find that unless they are labeled appropriately they are
not read. This is quite common where such things as invitations will be
presented in a totally graphic format making them unreadable with screen
reading software. I generally recommend that this method not be used and as
a potential attendee to an event or donor to a cause I reply suggesting that
if they want my attendance or money they need to comply with an accessible
format.
Chuck
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Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 7:04 AM
Subject: [WebAIM] Images in HTML e-mails


> Hi,
>
> I myself do not create e-mails with images in them, but many folksin my
> organization do.
> I have found instructions for adding ALT text to images in MS Word, and it
> is my understanding that they should carry over to an HTML e-mail with no
> problem. But it is also my understanding that Outlook 2007 does not
> display the ALT text for those images.
>
> Any pointers that you'd recommend I pass along to those who insist on
> using images in their e-mails? Our issue right now is that people are
> sending out official announcements via e-mail and some of the actual
> content is in the images, which is why the ALT text is so important. In
> the interim, I'm suggesting that they make sure that any content essential
> to the announcement be directly in the text content and not in the images,
> until we figure out what to do with them.
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Courtney
>