Re: Alt text for images with callouts

[Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com>]

PS Instead of "doesn't need any alt text", I should have said "can use a
blank alt, which is ""."

Char

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:07 PM Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Hi, Dick :-)
>
> If the process shown in the image reproduces what's in the content, the
> image doesn't need any alt text (or you could put something like "Graphical
> representation of the process, with callouts that refer to the steps".
>
> (If the text doesn't include the process, then it gets more complicated
> because the alt has a 150-character limit, which isn't enough to describe
> everything.)
>
> Char James-Tanny
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 2:32 PM <dick -at- rlhamilton -dot- net> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any advice for creating good alt text for an image with
>> callouts?
>>
>> E.g., an image that shows some kind of process. It has a standard block
>> diagram that shows steps in the process, each with a callout number that
>> refers to text in the body of the article/book.
>>
>> Any thoughts on how best to write alt text in that case?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Richard Hamilton
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