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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Aug 10, 2017 9:57AM

Sorry, guys, this is a template, it's dummy text, please don't go by the
example alt text given. the alt text and the caption are not usually the
same, so we have both being read. This is a mock up and they duplicated the
text to save time. The real site won't be like that.

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 11:55 AM, Karl Brown < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I don't know if it would count as a decorative image, but it's not good to
> have the caption and the alt attribute filled out.
>
> The guidelines say that there must be a text based alternative for non-text
> content. In this case we've got two identical text based alternatives, so
> one shouldn't be used. If the alt text isn't being used the attribute does
> still need to be there.
>
> I'm glad you've found solutions for the issues, Sarah.
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Swift, Daniel P. < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Follow the link below for an example of 'decorative' images:
> > http://webaim.org/techniques/alttext/#decorative
> >
> > Dan Swift
> > Senior Web Specialist
> > Enterprise Services
> > West Chester University
> > 610.738.0589
> >
> >