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The images are labeled for accessibility reasons; they're used as fallback descriptions for figures and images. The slides are wrapped with `<figure>` tags, and
by bichiliad 9y ago
The images are labeled for accessibility reasons; they're used as fallback descriptions for figures and images. The slides are wrapped with `<figure>` tags, and the captions with `<figcaption>` tags. They're so that screen readers can interpret the figure, which is why the text is often redundant.
- bryanrasmussen 9y agoI guess Medium should offer a visually-hidden style then.
- mort96 9y ago...But images have the alt attribute when you want to help screen readers without cluttering things up for people who read the image.