Re: UNS: RE: UNS: WCAG considering amending F65 to NOT fail missing ALT text if title or aria-label is present

David MacDonald wrote:
> There are several fixes, here are two:
> 1) use aria-describedby insread of aria-labelledby because it maps to the
> accDescription, not the accName, so the alt gets the accName and the
> describedby gets accDescription
> 2) leave off the aria-labelledby, so the user will hear the ALT text, and
> encounter the supplementary text in the paragraph after the image.

Thanks, and if you find a suitable spot in one of our wikis that'd be 
great (if not already there somewhere). Also maybe also overviews of 
what accName/accDescription are - most designers don't think on this 
level at all.

> If the algorithm does not shift from OR to AND, then we will need to
> introduce WCAG failures for the presence of both ALT+aria-label, and
> ALT+aria-labelledby in an image.

<chair hat off> Maybe, maybe not. We really have to discuss these things 
on a case by case basis. Accessible development techniques and UA 
support are always changing, so some caution is needed - (this is part 
of the reason we are having this unforeseen @alt debate, no?). Ideally, 
the standard should define the behaviour but as we know in practice 
that's just not always the case.

Thanks

Josh

Received on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 11:30:56 UTC