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Re: Useful Alt Text?

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From: Hoffman, Allen
Date: Jun 16, 2011 9:24AM

Just out of curiosity, I am a poor quality assurance kind of reviewer on
this topic, but why does this seem so difficult for so many?
Just ask yourself:
What would you need to hear to know what the non-text element is, or
what it is on the page for?
And you should arrive at what goes in alt-text.
I am a poor reviewer because I am a very very long time screen reader
user, so know what I expect or want, but it boils down to what makes
sense, not more than makes sense, or less. It is not that hard to
figure out folks, or at least shouldn't be.


Don't repeat alt text would be a general rule of thumb for me--as you
said about the icon. If the icon isn't really serving purpose that
isn't already met by the alt text on the link, make a null tag and keep
moving--you'll be fine.

Allen Hoffman