- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:19:17 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Jamie Mackay <Jamie.Mackay@mch.govt.nz>
- cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Yep, I think in such a crazy scenario there are only crazy answers, and I would put the text into alt text. Alternatively you could summarise - it depends how relevant the message is in the first place <grin/> Well, actuallly I would just change it to real text and be done with it, but I am fairly tough as a contractor - my rate increases 20-fold to do things that I think are crazy, although even then I have had people pay it. <sigh/> cheers Charles On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Jamie Mackay wrote: I am aware that the general rule of thumb is that any image that cannot be described in a few words should be linked to a separate full description. I am just wondering if there are any exceptions to this. Here is a scenario I am currently grappling with. I am 'fixing' a website for a company that has the entire front page rendered as images (without any alt text!). One of the images is simply a text welcome message about 40 words long. Once the site has been properly redesigned of course this text will be rendered as, well, text. But in the meantime, as a short-term fix, I have provided a 'D' link which spells out the text in the 'welcome' image. My question is, would this be a situation where it might be 'better' just to write the text contained in the image as alt text? Are there any other situations where longer alt text can be justified? Cheers Jamie Mackay -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles phone: +61 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI fax: +1 617 258 5999 Location: 21 Mitchell street FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia (or W3C INRIA, Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France)
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