Thank you all for your feedback regarding my question regarding alt tags or
captions

Best,

Sandy

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Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Alt Text on an Image

The discussion on whether alt tags or captions are more effective is 
worth having, but it leaves me with that same old question. Why does it 
always have to be either or. Why must we always pick one thing and in 
doing so negate the other. If accessibility and inclusion is reallyh 
the intended goal, and not just lipservice to that goal, then how about 
both. Each has its uses. Even old fashioned pictures in print books 
always had captions. So, the alt tag is analogous to our (blind 
people's) pictures. The caption is still useful, and is useful to 
sighted viewers too.


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