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[low] [automatic captions example] image alt or not? #146

Closed shawna-slh closed 3 years ago

shawna-slh commented 3 years ago

Under Automatic Captions are Not Sufficient

we have this text:

Example of bad automatic captions (that cause a fire) Spoken text: "Broil on high for 4 to 5 minutes. You should not preheat the oven." Automatic caption: "Broil on high for 45 minutes. You should know to preheat the oven."

We didn't put alt on the image, as it's not needed to understand the content.

Yet, I'm occasionally tempted to suggest adding: alt="food on fire under broiler"

bruce-usab commented 3 years ago

Please do add the alt! The picture is more than mere decoration!

I sent this around the office, it is so timely. Happy Thanksgiving!

shawna-slh commented 3 years ago

I think since "(that cause a fire)" is there, then the alt is not needed. Yet, it does add a bit to the impact of the example.

Done. (will be published with a few other updates later today)