https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34750
--- Comment #16 from Bawolff <[email protected]> 2012-07-06 13:04:29 UTC --- (In reply to comment #15) > I'm from the accessibility project, just like Rex Schneider and Graham87. > > This is an improvement indeed. However, please never use file name in the alt > text. I mean never. Several file name might be descriptive, but in a great > many > cases they are not. We cannot rely on it. In a screen reader, > "File:ECARmulticolor4.tnl.jpg" would be read aloud "ECARmulticolorfour dot tnl > dot jpg". It is useless and confusing. > > The responsibility to write captions and meaningful alt text falls on the > editors, the software cannot do it for them. > > On the other hand, the the alt text cannot be empty when the image is part of > a > link. Thus, if there is no alt text and no caption, stick to the default alt > text "view the media page" only. It will do the job well enough. > > Thanks for your accessibility improvement Kai Nissen. Thanks Derk-Jan Hartman > for asking our opinions on the matter. Would it make sense to combine the two choices and say: 'View the media page of ECARmulticolor4.tnl.jpg' in the case of alt text not being specified? (I've never used a screen reader, I'm wondering from a prespective of would it be confusing to have 'View media page' 20 odd times in a page with no way of distinguishing which media page the prompt is for). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
