We have a project that is all about web accessibility compliance. About a week from launch we have the accessibility committee reviewing our site to give the final thumbs up. However, they reported back to us that we should set alt="" on some of our icons because they do not provide any additional content to the site and thus are merely distracting to a screen reader but yield no benefit.
- Is this correct?
- I was under the impression alt was a required attribute of img? Sure alt="" on an img tag would include the alt attribute but is this valid ?
Comments are appreciated.