3.4 Unhelpful alt text (M)

FIGURE 3.4: Background image viewed on a mobile device

3.4.1 WCAG 1.1.1 (A) - Desktop, Mobile, iPad

On the Faculty of Arts page (Generic page), the banner image contains alt text which is announced to the user as ‘APSS’.

This issue is the same as Decorative images are announced by screen readers (M) .

3.4.2 Code Snippet

<img src="/~/media/test/faculties/apss/apss_faculty_banner_landing-_page_3/artanddesignbanner/studentapss.jpg?h=290&amp;w=1320&amp;la=en" alt="APSS">

3.4.3 Recommendation

As this image is purely decorative and does not convey information, apply a null alt text attribute: alt="".

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