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Alt and beyond: Making web graphics
accessible.

Alt and beyond: Making web graphics
accessible.
10/25/2002 03:31 PM

Many developers still view graphics and accessibility as being on opposing ends of the web development scale. The truth is that including graphics in your documents does not mean your page has to be any less accessible. In fact graphics can be used to enhance the accessibility of a page. There are, however, a few key techniques that you can employ to ensure that you don't have to construct alternative "Text-Only" documents.




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