- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:19:51 -0500
- To: goliver@accease.com, lkyoder@pacbell.net
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
I think I would mention what image was being described in the link instead of just "d" but otherly, I like the site. ----- Original Message ----- From: <goliver@accease.com> To: <lkyoder@pacbell.net> Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> 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 AccEase Ltd : Making on-line information accessible Phone : +64 9 846 6995 Email : goliver@accease.com
Received on Monday, 18 February 2002 16:20:31 UTC