Re: another alt question

I think I would mention what image was being described in the link
instead of just "d" but otherly, I like the site.

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From: <goliver@accease.com>
To: <lkyoder@pacbell.net>
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Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: another alt question


Hi Leslie
Have a look at this page
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/dnzb_exhibs/lit/index.htm
It has got good feedback from our tester who uses a
screen reader.
Although JAWS 4.01 now supports longdesc I would stick
with D links for the moment (upgrades are expensive and
it will be a while before the majority are on 4.01)

Cheers
Graham

On Mon, 18 February 2002, "Leslie K. Yoder" wrote

>
> I've read with great interest the discussion
regarding the purpose and
> content of alt text.  So far, the emphasis has been
on images that are
> "decorative" or supplemental in some way to the main
content of a page.
>
> My question is this: what if the images _are_ the
content--for example, a
> photo gallery or artist's online portfolio?  My guess
is that long desc
> would be the way to go, but I'm not sure.
>
> I'm currently working up a site for a friend who is a
graphic artist (mostly
> in the area of signage), and I've looked at several
artists' pages in the
> process. I've found, for the most part, that these
pages don't concern
> themselves with accessibility for the blind, the
reasoning apparently being
> that a blind user would have no interest in or use
for graphic arts (a
> position that I, of course, find questionable).
>
> So I guess my question is really two-fold: Am I being
excessive in insisting
> that even a site that's predominantly visual in its
purpose be accessible?
> And what are your recommendations for alt and long
desc content in this
> particular case?
>
> Thanks much
> Leslie
>
> Leslie K. Yoder
> lkyoder@pacbell.net

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