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From: Shannon Urban
Date: Dec 6, 2019 12:06PM

@Sean - no they're not interactive.

Thanks everyone!

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> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 16:19:29 -0600
> Subject: [WebAIM] quick question on alt text
> I'm very familiar with alt text and its uses, but I wanted to confirm what
> is considered "decorative". I understand graphics like bars and lines,
> etc. would be decorative, but what about if the alt text of an image would
> literally be the same as the text on the screen?
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> For example, "the boy asked his friend to hold the ladder for him" (that's
> the text on the screen). The image is of the friend holding the ladder for
> the boy - so alt text would be something like "boy holding ladder for
> another boy". It's not conveying any new or additional information, so to
> me it would be extraneous noise and should be null. What do you all think?
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> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 15:26:57 -0700
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] quick question on alt text
> Yes, alt="" is appropriate here so long as the content of the image is
> conveyed via adjacent or nearby text, and so long as the image is not the
> only thing within a link.
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> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 13:29:28 -0900
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] quick question on alt text
> I'm thinking that aria-labelledby would be appropriate in this context as
> well if the items weren't immediately adjacent.
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> On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 1:27 PM Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> > Yes, alt="" is appropriate here so long as the content of the image is
> > conveyed via adjacent or nearby text, and so long as the image is not the
> > only thing within a link.
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> > Thanks,
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> > Jared
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> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 00:20:01 +0000
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] quick question on alt text
> You didn't indicate if the text and graphic are interactive or not. Is
> this the case?
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> Sean
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