- From: Sailesh Panchang <spanchang02@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:33:50 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Greetings, Is it okay to omit the alt on an img element inside a figure element and rely on the figcaption to provide the text alternative? As a screen reader user, I am not in favor of doing away with the alt or even setting a null alt on the img because I do not realize that there is an actual image present; nor can I use image-navigation to quickly move to the image. Nor can I copy / save the image locally if I wished to. The examples within HTML5 specs do use an a non-empty alt for images within a figure which is perfectly fine by me. I am in favor of flagging a violation if alt is absent or is null on an img within a figure. Thoughts? Thanks very much, Sailesh Panchang
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