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I was going to come here and ask about better alt-text until I read the linked page you referred to (https://bighack.org/how-to-write-better-alt-text-descriptio
by smoyer 6y ago
I was going to come here and ask about better alt-text until I read the linked page you referred to (https://bighack.org/how-to-write-better-alt-text-descriptions-for-accessibility/ https://bighack.org/how-to-write-better-alt-text-description...). I still have a question about a sight-impaired person's perception of what that image represents. Do you form an image in your head matching the text? Is this different for those who are blind from birth versus those that lost their sight after some time? Should the image be part of the "story" of the page or should the story stand on its own? And finally, for the case above where the image is decorative (as defined here: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/ https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/) would you prefer that the empty alt tag recommendation is used (and do screen readers recognize that semantic).
- frereubu 6y agoIf you look at most images in web pages, I'd argue that the vast majority are decorative or impossible to explain in a meaningful way. I've been building sites since the late 90s and I think this is probably a throwback to the times when we used to generate images with text in them, which doesn't really happen any more. Although there are probably cases where it's still relevant - I just can't think of any off the top of my head. Edit: Perhaps a news story where the victim of a crime is in the foreground of an old photo and the person who committed the crime is in the background. But then that would be referenced in the text of the story, and the alt text would mention that reference.