alt repeated on adjacent images Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Using the same alt text on adjacent images results in screen readers stuttering as the same text is read out twice.

Help

Use alt='' for the subsequent adjacent images, or change the redundant alt text.

Applicable standards

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

  • 6.48 Mar 2023 Removed since G196 no longer has failure examples.
  • 5.32 Feb 2019 Fixed false positive.
  • 5.9 Jun 2015 Handle non-standard image element.
  • 5.3 Sep 2013 Fixed false negative.
  • 5.1 Jan 2013 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccWcag2-G196-1