Accessibility question: I usually start alt text with “medieval manuscript image of” but I realize that the word “image” is repetitive since screen readers already say that word.
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Accessibility question: I usually start alt text with “medieval manuscript image of” but I realize that the word “image” is repetitive since screen readers already say that word. Do I just say what it’s a picture of or do I specify that it is from a medieval manuscript? #alttext #accessibility
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Accessibility question: I usually start alt text with “medieval manuscript image of” but I realize that the word “image” is repetitive since screen readers already say that word. Do I just say what it’s a picture of or do I specify that it is from a medieval manuscript? #alttext #accessibility
@Old English Wordhord The latter. -
Accessibility question: I usually start alt text with “medieval manuscript image of” but I realize that the word “image” is repetitive since screen readers already say that word. Do I just say what it’s a picture of or do I specify that it is from a medieval manuscript? #alttext #accessibility
@OEWordhord I agree that "image" is redundant, but "drawing" or "illustration" would still be useful to know. So perhaps something like "Illustration of six cistercian monks singing at a lectern, from the corner of a mediaeval manuscript".
(May not actually be from a corner. I was just guessing.)
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@OEWordhord I agree that "image" is redundant, but "drawing" or "illustration" would still be useful to know. So perhaps something like "Illustration of six cistercian monks singing at a lectern, from the corner of a mediaeval manuscript".
(May not actually be from a corner. I was just guessing.)
@amenonsen thanks! I unfortunately have already written future posts up to the end of May but I will change the way I do it in the future. In the meantime apologies for the repetition.
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@amenonsen thanks! I unfortunately have already written future posts up to the end of May but I will change the way I do it in the future. In the meantime apologies for the repetition.
@OEWordhord Saying "mediaeval manuscript image" already avoids the "image image" problem (to say nothing of the "no alt text" problem!), so please don't feel bad.
(P.S. Just to be clear, I'm not someone who relies on a screen reader, but I am someone who has discussed this specific question before, here and elsewhere, in order to try and write better alt text myself.)
