- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:01:26 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>
- Cc: "Dr. Olaf Hoffmann" <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>, public-html@w3.org
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Leif Halvard Silli wrote:
>
> <img alt='card 14' src="r14.jpg'>
>
> should be just fine. It is short, and it would not miss any points. It
> should be more accessible than the spec is now.
I disagree that the AT reading the spec's example as "Card 1. A black
outline of the first of the ten cards in the Rorschach inkblot test."
would be better than it reading it as "(AT-specific cue that an unknown
image is present). A black outline of the first of the ten cards in the
Rorschach inkblot test."
"Card 1" is not an alternative for Rorschach1.jpg, it's a title.
<figure>
<img title="Card 1" src=r1.jpg>
<legend>A black outline of the first of the ten cards
in the Rorschach inkblot test.</legend>
</figure>
...would be ok, the AT could render that as (where /.../ indicates an
AT-specific voice cue): "/Image with title: Card 1./ A black outline of
the first of the ten cards in the Rorschach inkblot test."
The point being that the alt="" attributes indicates that the existence of
the image doesn't need to be conveyed to the user at all, but here we do
want to convey the presence of the image.
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