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Re: character limit on alt attribute for screen readers

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From: Karlen Communications
Date: Feb 4, 2016 3:31AM

...but as Olaf points out, that is just dribbling text. There is no structure to it or ability to navigate it...you just listen to it dribble.

The other thing to consider is that adaptive technology does have buffers and you don't want to test the limits of the buffers which may result in a crash of the adaptive technology and/or the application. I've had documents I can't open due to the amount of text in a single Alt attribute. I had to turn off my adaptive technology, open the document, remove the Alt Text and then start my adaptive technology again. I was then able to open the document without crashes.

An Alt Text attribute is not intended for essays. :-)

Cheers, Karen