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Re: iframes and alt attribute

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From: Dona Patrick
Date: Mar 19, 2016 11:01AM

Thanks to everyone who answered my question. It was very helpful.

Dona
On Mar 16, 2016 3:28 PM, "Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Dona,
>
> Only a title is needed, additional markup including aria could be added,
> but a title is the must here.....
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Dona Patrick
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:36 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] iframes and alt attribute
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> We are having a discussion at work about using alt attributes in iframes
> (embedded videos) (in HTML5 pages).
>
> Some folks are insisting that the alt attribute is included with every
> iframe. I've only ever heard that the title attribute is required.
>
> The reason this is an issue is because the CMS makes it difficult to add
> the alt attribute, whereas the title attribute is automatically added.
>
> So the question is this: is the alt attribute required for iframes?
>
> Apologies if this has already been discussed. I did not search the
> archives.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dona
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