Re: Automatic ALT Text Generation

> Authoring Tools should never set the ALT text to null (ALT="").  That
> generally means that the image has no meaning and since there is a ALT
> attribute, verses the lack of one, you can be sure the author is telling you
> that the image has no meaning.

Yes, agreed.
  
> The only time an authoring tool should generate the ALT text itself is when
> it's absolutely certain of the meaning.  For example, graphical bullets
> might have pre-fab ALT text.  

Yes too.

Received on Friday, 6 November 1998 04:57:33 UTC