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From: Sarah Ferguson
Date: Aug 10, 2017 9:58AM

If that sample were real, there wouldn't be a caption like that, it would
just be silly.

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 11:57 AM, Sarah Ferguson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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 <(781)%20736-4259>
> 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
>> >
>> >