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Re: Alt Text For Collages

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From: Teller, Carlos Z
Date: Aug 13, 2018 8:58AM

Thank you for the reply. I just need some clarification on the first sentence, please. By "artifact all but one," what do you mean by that? Just a little confused. By the second sentence, it seems like just a description something like, "Collage of students and teachers at XYZ High School," for example, would be appropriate.

Thank you.

Carlos Teller
Web Administrator, Technology Services
North East Independent School District
9803 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78217
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Our testers say to artifact all but one of the graphics in the collage. Write one alt-text that describes the collage.

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Subject: [WebAIM] Alt Text For Collages

When adding alt text to images, what would be appropriate? I heard split things on this. Some say, you can say "Collage of…" and describe the collage. Others say that you need to add a description of every picture in the collage within the alt text.

Thank you.

Carlos Teller
Web Administrator, Technology Services
North East Independent School District
9803 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78217
Phone: (210) 356-8950, Email: <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >