[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8256: Caption and alternative text should not be the same

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#8256: Caption and alternative text should not be the same
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 Reporter:  frankie-roberto  |        Owner:     
     Type:  defect (bug)     |       Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |    Milestone:  2.8
Component:  Gallery          |      Version:     
 Severity:  normal           |   Resolution:     
 Keywords:                   |  
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Comment (by Sam_a):

 The HTML5 spec says that, [http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#a
 -graphical-representation-of-some-of-the-surrounding-text for images that
 are a "graphical representation of some of the surrounding text"], the
 alternative text should be empty (rather than duplicating the surrounding
 text); and that for [http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#a-key-
 part-of-the-content images where alternative text is required], the text
 should be a descriptive substitute/replacement for the image and "should
 never contain text that could be considered the image's caption, title, or
 legend" (which should be included elsewhere in the markup).

 So maybe we should change it such that in the case where the WP "insert
 image" dialog inserts an image and printed caption together, the alt text
 should be empty (rather than duplicating the caption).

 Until then, you can always write your own alt text and captions in either
 the HTML or visual editors.

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