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Re: Screen Shots and A11y

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From: McMorland, Gabriel
Date: Jun 10, 2013 11:52AM

Great web aim guide to accessible images:
http://webaim.org/techniques/images/

I think that choosing the right alt-text depends very much on the context of the specific image. So, it's not possible to caterogically say that all screen shots are either decorative or informative.
The original post in this thread mentions that the body text of the web page describes the functionality depicted in the screen shots. Two questions:
Does the body text accurately convey the information you want users to understand?
-What do blind users need to know about the "look and feel" of your new features? As a blind person, I can tell you that I do care very much about the look and feel of some content, such as options for a marketing brochure advertising a program I'm involved with, but I don't care at all about the look and feel of sites such as my online banking account or a new feature on facebook.