[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63895: Accessibility: Alt Text Metadata is not imported but Description is

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#63895: Accessibility: Alt Text Metadata is not imported but Description is
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 Reporter:  jhmonroe      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media         |     Version:  6.8.2
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  accessibility, administration
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Comment (by jhmonroe):

 @rishabhwp thank you for sharing! i looked thru a few pages of tickets
 after searching for alt text and this didn't come up.

 it's an interesting record of some of the things the accessibility team
 considered.

 ultimately if they decide they don't want existing alt text to auto-
 populate, it will be useful for me to have some explanations to give my
 blind clients on why a more tedious path was chosen for them (where they
 have to do something twice in this case)

 @mmzeroexpcom comments there are especially interesting. as are @Jesterman
 about why we should not make people do work twice that they're already
 done, especially if those people are blind and we're creating more work
 for them to navigate menus, blocks, etc. If someone has gone thru the
 trouble to add alt text metadata once, we should honor that.

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