Re: Review Requested on Text Alternatives

On 2015-09-10 14:33, David MacDonald wrote:
> "An image should not be used if Unicode characters would serve an
> identical purpose. Only when the text cannot be directly represented
> using Unicode, e.g. because of decorations or because the character is
> not in the Unicode character set (as in the case of gaiji), would an
> image be appropriate."
> 
> Many unicodes are not spoken by screen readers...

Thanks - do you have examples?

What would an author do in that case? having the Unicode character in 
the alt text wouldn't help...
What should the HTML 5 spec (where this text is going) advise 
accessibility software to do?


-- 
Liam Quin, W3C
XML Activity Lead;
Digital publishing; HTML Accessibility

Received on Thursday, 10 September 2015 18:42:55 UTC