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Re: Came across this meme that I just had to pass along...

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From: chaals
Date: Aug 11, 2016 5:54PM

- dtoj18@, barlowm@

More or less all image formats that work on the web today - GIF, JPG, PNG, PDF, SVG, and others - have a way to embed information, including textual annotations. This has been the case on the Web for a couple of decades, and tools such as the venerable and basic "Graphic Converter" for Mac - which I used with my copy of Netscape 2 - happily exposed the information.

It's a pity browsers and assistive technologies don't, except for some stuff in PDF and SVG …

cheers

Chaals

11.08.2016, 17:36, "Mike Barlow" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:
> Well "generally" you can't apply alternative text directly to a jpg image...
> HOWEVER... What about THIS jpg: http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/squirrel/
>
> (and check out how that works internally -
> http://regex.info/exif.cgi?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Flcamtuf.coredump.cx%2Fsquirrel%2F
> )
>
> *Mike Barlow*
> Web Application Developer
> Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME
>
> Lancaster, Pa 17601
> Office: 732.835-7557
> Cell: 732.682.8226
> e-mail: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:36 AM, J. B-Vincent via WebAIM-Forum <
> <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>>  Picture of Willy Wonka with the text "Oh, so you've tested the site in
>>  every browser known to mankind. And what about screen readers?"
>>
>>        From: Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>>   To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>>   Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 8:07 AM
>>   Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Came across this meme that I just had to pass
>>  along...
>>
>>  On 11/08/2016 12:59, Mike Barlow wrote:
>>  > http://www.devopslive.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/
>>  tumblr_m44ajvPmsL1rw659vo1_400-206x205.jpg
>>
>>  *cough* alternative text *cough*
>>

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