- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 18:52:03 +0100
- To: "Andrew Sidwell" <w3c@andrewsidwell.co.uk>
- Cc: "Robert J Burns" <rob@robburns.com>, "Steven Faulkner" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>, "W3C WAI-XTECH" <wai-xtech@w3.org>, wai-liaison@w3.org
Hi Andrew, On 13/05/2008, Andrew Sidwell <w3c@andrewsidwell.co.uk> wrote: > > > I would be happy if someone (or several someones) in favour of making > alt mandatory in all cases would answer very simply: How does a blind > photographer mark up a photo, which is known to be critical content, but > which she herself cannot describe? A blind person would specify the alt text they felt was appropriate for the image in accordance with WCAG guidelines. > I would suggest that > <!DOCTYPE html> > <title> > > <header> > <h1>Photo Gallery</h1> > <h2>Photo taken on 13th May 2008</h3> > </header> > > <img src="photo"> > <p><a href="prev">Previous photo</a>, <a href="next">Next photo</a> > > would not be a bad way of answering the question. Personally, I think it's a terrible way of answering the question. It shows a total indifference to accessibility borne out of assumptions you've made about how a blind person uses a computer. > How would you propose to do it differently? In accordance with WCAG. See how T.V. Raman marks up the three images on one of his web pages [1]. There will also be plenty of poor examples marked up by people who are blind, just as there are by sighted people, but being blind doesn't make someone incapable of providing alt text in accordance with WCAG. [1] http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/ Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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