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Re: no alt-text: lesser of two evils?

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From: L Snider
Date: Jul 24, 2018 3:45PM

Hi Derek,

I may have missed it, but is this a web page? Document? Other?

Cheers

Lisa

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 4:25 PM, Jackson, Derek <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hello,
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> Often times we must process content that is not ours and which is not
> accessible. We do our best to improve the documents by adding structure and
> metadata but we are not permitted to add editorial content, and alt-text is
> considered editorial content. We have an automated process that gives
> images an alt attribute but leaves the value blank if no alt-text is
> provided. The issue is that this is then seen as a presentational image and
> simply ignored by most Assistive Technology and no image is announced at
> all. Does anyone have any advice or experience with missing alt-text and if
> it is "better" to leave the attribute blank (i.e. alt="") or to omit it
> entirely from the element when alt text is not provided, or does it even
> make a difference (e.g. both are so insufficient it is inconsequential,
> both are equally useless)? Is it useful to know that there is a relevant
> image in the content even if it is not accessible?
>
>
> I hate to ask this question but it is a reality we are sometimes
> confronted with and hopefully we can do something minimize the affect of
> the omission a little bit.
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>
> Thank you!
>
> Derek
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