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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Aug 10, 2017 9:39AM

Sorry, what would be decorative?

As an aside, we've been able to find a solution for both issues.

Sarah Ferguson
Web Accessibility Specialist
Department of Digital Communications
Brandeis University *|* 781.736.4259
www.brandeis.edu/web-accessibility


On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Swift, Daniel P. < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I'm jumping in a little late on this -- is the alt text even needed? In
> this situation, I would interpret this as "decorative" which means that the
> empty alt attribute is sufficient ... right?
>
> Dan Swift
> Senior Web Specialist
> Enterprise Services
> West Chester University
> 610.738.0589
>
>