Alt Tags

Can anyone tell, how many characters including spaces can an ALT tag have?

I heard max. 60, while JAWS can read only 60.

Do you have any info or better, resources for that?

Thanks for your support in advance,

John S. Britsios,
Web Accessibility and Usability Consultant


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