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Localization impacting alt text null tags
When alt text null tags are localized, they are also translated. For example, an alt text field that previously had two English quotes ("") to mark as decorative has now been translated to French and had a space added (« »). This creates an obvious issue that now all of these decorative images are throwing a blank space to a screen reader user (huge no no).
While moving forward we know to leave these alt text fields blank, we are working with courses and Block Templates that we've developed over many years. Today I am "deleting alt text" from over 100 images in a course.
Is this expected functionality? Or a bug?
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Hi AmandaBriffe934, I'm so sorry! We're not sure why that space is being added, and we would appreciate it if we could take a look at one of your courses that is experiencing this issue. Our amazing Support team will reach out to you.
Hello AmandaBriffe934,
Thanks for reaching out about this issue! I’ve created a support case on your behalf, and I see that my colleague Lejan has already picked it up and emailed you to request a copy of your course.
Let’s continue the conversation through the support case to keep everything organized, but I’m happy to assist further if needed!
Thanks for your help, I'm in the process of sending a file over to support.
For further clarification though, even without the space added, from my understanding, an empty set of French quotation marks («») would also appear to a screenreader (i.e. not function as a "null" tag). Is this the case?
