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Re: UNLABELLED GRAPHICS/PHOTOS

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Apr 18, 2011 8:57PM

Was the alt="" on all or just one? When alt="" is used we call this a
null alt, it should be used on decorative images, or things such as
spacers.

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Ryan E. Benson



On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Tania < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> I came across a website that does not label graphics/photos with alt text. They used empty quote marks like this:
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> alt= ""
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> The graphics were positioned using CSS.
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> With the above combination, I found that
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>  1.. JAWS do not identify the graphics at all when navigating with arrow keys.
>  2.. Clicking on the graphic with a mouse and invoking the JAWS 'LABEL GRAPHIC function' produced message that said "the cursor is not positioned on a graphic."
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> QUESTION:
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> In such an instance, other than asking the website to rectify codes in their webpage, how else can screenreader users get label for the graphics ?
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> thanks
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> tania
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