Timeline for In what situations should we *not* add alt text to an image?
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| yesterday | comment | added | JonW♦ |
One of the main reasons for Alt text is for people with low/no vision. If you don't put any alt text at all (meaning you don't even do alt="" then their screenreader will just read out 'Image'. They have no way to know its a decorative image, an abstract one or that the author 'didn't have time to write it'. They just get told there's an image at that point in the text but with absolutely no context as to what that is. That's a poor experience and breaches accessibility guidelines (so you'll fail any audits your site goes through).
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| Dec 14 at 9:18 | answer | added | claurennt | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 21 at 8:18 | answer | added | Levano | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 9 at 10:00 | vote | accept | Dane Rossenrode | ||
| Nov 8 at 15:08 | answer | added | virtualnobi | timeline score: 2 | |
| S Nov 8 at 14:08 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Nov 8 at 14:08 | history | asked | Dane Rossenrode | CC BY-SA 4.0 |