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ScottWilson-8c0
Community Member
4 months ago

Creating alt text for complex images easier

Hey folks, I'm really glad to see this new accessibility Group on E-Learning heroes. Right now in my own line of work, I'm pushing for really accessible courses and it's quite crazy how trainers are...
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ScottWilson-8c0's avatar
ScottWilson-8c0
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Hey Sam,

Thanks very much for adding that! I 100% agree as well. There are lots of times when you just can't find a short alternative text so having it somewhere else accessible is a good idea. And yes, 100% agree about decorative images. I sometimes have trouble with staff marking everything as a decorative image which isn't ideal.

Thanks again.

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Stevie
Community Member
3 months ago

So when giving a null value to an alt tag field in (say) Rise is it acceptable to put one blank space? I want to indicate to QA that it has been considered and set as null. Else I get a long list of "no alt tag set" back from them which can be, let us say... i8g

  • SamHill's avatar
    SamHill
    Super Hero
    3 months ago

    Stevie To set an empty alt text value in rise you must enter "" in the value.

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      Stevie
      Community Member
      3 months ago

      Thanks... got it.

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    LeslieMcKerchie
    Staff
    3 months ago

    Hi Stevie!

    I see that SamHill was able to help you here with the correct value for marking images as decorative.

    It sounds like you may be fulfilling a specific need for your QA team by not leaving the field blank, but for anyone else following along, I also wanted to share that images are marked decorative by default in Rise 360.

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      Stevie
      Community Member
      3 months ago

      Noted. Thanks!

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