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Re: Screenreader Combo Failing aria-labelledby

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: May 5, 2021 9:48AM

On 05/05/2021 16:44, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> Are there any issues with inserting an SVG file as the source of an <img> and putting alt text on the image?

Last time I checked, VoiceOver will suddenly decide that the <img> is
not an image anymore and not announce the alt text, unless you then
backfill it with an explicit role="img"

<img role="img" src="foo.svg" alt="blah">

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