Re: [html-techs-tf] caption vs alt

Joshue wrote:

> True, but that really is a user agent issue and as the use of 
> <figcaption> gains traction new screen readers could suppress/modify the 
> heuristic that will read the file name, in the presence of a populated 
> <figcaption> element.

In any case, the screen reader should read the image first (that is, 
"graphic" followed by the <figcaption> content) and after that the 
<figcaption> again. Otherwise, the user would miss either the presence 
of the image or the presence of the <figcaption>.

In the first case, the user will be unable to browse through images or 
to download them (to share them with friends, for example); in the 
second case, the user will not know that there is a visible caption that 
he/she can use to identify the images when taling with his/her sighted 
friends.

Therefore, I cannot see the advantage of suppressing the @alt text. 
since the screen reader would repeat the text anyway (assuming that the 
@alt and the <figcaption> should really be the same).

Regards,
Ramón.

Received on Monday, 13 January 2014 11:26:40 UTC