- From: Liam Quin <liam@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 14:42:50 -0400
- To: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
- Cc: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>, W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>, HTML A11Y TF Public <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
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
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