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Re: Is using aria-label to add alternative text - but no alt attribute still a WCAG fail?

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From: Kevin White
Date: Aug 23, 2024 3:54AM


> On 23 Aug 2024, at 10:47, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> On 23/08/2024 10:39, Jim Byrne Accessible Web Design wrote:
>> I see W3C says ‘"The alt attribute continues to be the preferred way to provide alternative text for images” - which is bit vague.
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> Would be helpful to point to where this is said.

This is in the description of F65 <https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/failures/F65>

Kevin