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

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Jul 26, 2018 4:59AM

I like this "image description not available" approach: it would spur
grumpy users like me on to contact the provider to ask why they can't
be bothered to add a simple description :-)

On 25/07/2018, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Are the images ever decorative? If not, then the alt text should never be
> omitted or empty. If the content provider does not specify an alt text,
> then you can provide a "image description not available" type of alt text.
> That obviously doesn't help the end user with the image, but at least they
> know the image is there and can follow up on it.
>
> If images *can* be decorative and alt text is not provided, then you should
> have an empty alt text. You should never leave the alt attribute off
> unless you have aria-hidden="true". It's the content providers fault if
> they had an image that has meaning but didn't provide that meaning. Their
> image will be ignored.
> > > > >