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Re: Question About Alternative Text

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From: glen walker
Date: Aug 5, 2020 8:51AM

If I were auditing that site, if the classroom pic had an empty alt text, I
would be fine with it. If it had a descriptive alt text, I would be fine
with it, but I agree with David that alt text can be a creative art form.
It's kind of a "can't lose" situation in your scenario. I don't often ping
decorative images with alt text unless it's something like a horizontal
line divider and the alt text is "horizontal line divider". That really
should be hidden. But pictures that don't add meaning, while I prefer them
to be hidden, if they have a decent alt text and don't distract from what's
going on, I usually leave alone. I might make a note that the alt text
isn't needed but there's no reason to pull it out. I note it for the
client's future reference.

If I were implementing that site, I would have an empty alt text. It's
decorative to me.