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Re: Alt text (was VIKI - text transcodeing)

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 20, 2007 7:30PM

John Foliot - Stanford Online Accessibility Program wrote:

> Well, here, you and I agree, although others may not always. But I, like
> you, have always asked "what is the *reason* for the photo, what is the
> message it is intending to send", and then try and incorporate it into the
> alt text.

If the reason is pure eye candy to evoke a certain feel/attitude (e.g.
smily teacher to show that it's a friendly environment), can the purpose
not also be reflected in the way the main copy is written, the tone of
voice, choice of words, etc? Would this then not make the ALT redundant,
as the same information is conveyed already?

P
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Patrick H. Lauke