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Re: aria-label vs alt text on linked images

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From: Steve Green
Date: Jan 4, 2019 8:53AM

I just built a test page and can confirm that the difference in behaviour is due to you using different means of navigation. In Internet Explorer 11 with JAWS 2018 I get the following behaviours:

When you tab to the link, the "aria-label" attribute is announced.
When you "arrow" to the link using virtual cursor, the "alt" attribute is announced.

Steve