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Re: Alt Text For Collages

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Aug 28, 2018 3:17AM

If there's more than one image, I wouldn't label a single image as the
collage. If I, as a blind user, wanted to save a picture of the
collage, what I'd be saving if you did it this way would be just a
small part of the collage as a whole. If you're using lots of images,
I'd say label them separately. But it might be much better to combine
them into a single image as others have suggested.

On 14/08/2018, Ryan E. Benson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> My first question would be how is the collages being made? If it is
> individual images being arranged a certain way using css or Javascript, I'd
> recommend pulling them out and making a single image in photoshop or your
> preferred tool.
>
> After that I would just give it an alt like mentioned in the other replies.
> You wouldn't need to set things as Artifacts, which is for PDFs.
>
> Ryan E. Benson
>
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018, 09:18 Teller, Carlos Z < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> 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> >
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