Re: Images and alternative text

Ian Hickson wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008, Philip Taylor wrote:
>>   <img src="..." alt="{x \over y} = {1 \over {y \over x}}">
> 
> ...would be a horrific alternative text to give a screen reader.
> 
> I don't think it's equivalent to the image at all. It's the source of a 
> program that was used to generate the image, but that's not the same 
> thing. 

It /may/ be the source of a program, but far more
importantly it is an internationally recognised way
of conveying the meaning of the image in a linearised
fashion.

(The other) Philip TAYLOR