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Re:Annoying website features I face as a blind person by detaro on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:35AM (#24429848)
Photos, illustrations, ... basically always should have an alt-text. a) They are added for a reason for sighted users (e.g. to set atmosphere), a non-sighted user should be able to understand what is intended b) not all screen-reader users are entirely blind - they can see that there is an image and want to know what it is.

Divider lines etc done as images should have an empty alt-text to be skipped.

Re:Annoying website features I face as a blind person by frereubu on Thursday September 10, 2020 @04:14AM (#24430044)
Not sure I agree with your first point (I do think people add pointless images though, which muddies the water somewhat) but that's an interesting point about partially-sighted users that I hadn't considered before. There's clearly not a binary blind / not blind distinction in people. Thanks for pointing that out - I'll consider that in future.