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From: Rachel
Date: Thu, Dec 12 2002 10:42AM
Subject: Re: Length of Alt Tags
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Just to follow up on my earlier post..
Jim Thatcher wrote:
"The alt text should be the text of the image. That
text is limited to 256(maybe 255) characters, and JAWS
used to have its limit at 150, as I remember."
Does anybody know if I can safely go up to 255
characters in my alt tags or should I keep it under
150? Can anybody confirm for me that 150 is the limit
for Jaws? Do any other common screen readers have
limits?
Thanks!
Rachel Sengers
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