Re: [orca-list] Image without empty alt should be ignored by Orca

[Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>]

Le 06/06/2017 à 17:55, Storm Dragon a écrit :
> Howdy,
> While the specification may call for skiping images without alt tags, I
> believe Orca handles this in the correct manner. The only time a screen
> reader truly fails in my opinion is when it doesn't let you know there
> is something on the screen. Saying image when it encounters an unlabeled
> picture at least lets you know there's something there even if Orca
> isn't able to tell you what it is. This is invaluable in helping debug
> websites too. What if the picture is something required to access the
> site, and they just forgot to add an alt tag. Now, we could tell the
> site admin that there is an unlabeled image. If this  valuable feedback
> were taken away, we could only say "it doesn't work, there's nothing
> there." As a website admin myself, I know which feedback I would rather
> receive.

I understand your point. Maybe Sylvie has more insights about this.

Best regards.
--
Alex ARNAUD
Visual-Impairment Project Manager
Hypra - "Humanizing technology"