[Bug 23059] Alt text section should address a headshot of a person with their name written

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23059

--- Comment #1 from dmacdona <david100@sympatico.ca> ---
My personal opinion is that it should be
alt="Photo of John Doe" or alt="head shot of John Doe"

My reasons are:
1) I've spoken with several from the blind community about this, and there has
been an aversion to the idea that they not be informed that there is a photo
there. They want it to be discoverable.They don't want people to decide for
them which content they should and shouldn't be able to discover.

2) it is not pure decoration, and therefore does not qualify under the alt""
exemption in WCAG 1.1.1

I know that there are some in the accessibility field that think it is
redundant and chatty, so I think we should perhaps explore this and make 
recommendation.

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Received on Monday, 26 August 2013 12:50:02 UTC