Re: Automatic ALT Text Generation

> 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.

And even then, the tool should inform the user and allow the text to be
changed.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Dardailler <danield@w3.org>
To: Charles (Chuck) Oppermann <chuckop@microsoft.com>
Cc: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>; w3c-wai-au@w3.org
<w3c-wai-au@w3.org>
Date: November 6, 1998 4:58 AM
Subject: 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 10:32:53 UTC