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Re: Alternate text for images having caption adjacent

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From: Michael Moore
Date: May 29, 2014 2:45PM

Johathan wrote

For
example, a caption of me at a tweetup might state "Jon at the CSUN
tweetup". But the alt text might explain a lot more detail such as the
funny hat I'm wearing or the Got 508? T-shirt I'm wearing, etc.

My approach (right or wrong) has been to approach the caption and the alt
text as a pair. The caption provides information about the image that
everyone needs while the alternative text provides information that anyone
who cannot see the image needs. Thus to use a portrait image as part of a
bio as an example, I would argue that the caption is unnecessary but the
alternative text is important. alt="Mike wearing a propeller beanie" or
alt="Jon with a white cane"


On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> > I totally agree with you Jared in regard with verbos, but my concern is
> Consider If alt="" is used instead of "Image of or photo of Jared" in
> alternate text, screen reader will not announce that an image of Jared is
> available in the
>
> Yes, this does get tricky. It really depends on the situation. For
> example, a caption of me at a tweetup might state "Jon at the CSUN
> tweetup". But the alt text might explain a lot more detail such as the
> funny hat I'm wearing or the Got 508? T-shirt I'm wearing, etc. What the
> image is conveying may very widely. For example, if my profile picture
> shows me hiking as sighted person could infer I like or have been hiking
> and a simple caption of "Jon Avila" wouldn't tell the user is blind and
> visually impaired that information -- such information could be useful in
> networking, etc.
>
> Jonathan
>
>