Requested by: Meghan Reid
Status: Completed
Requires a new CMS Component?: No
Requires New Functionality?: No
Estimated Completion Date: Completed - Late Apr 2020
Description
First reported by Meghan Reid, IKBSAS.
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Some components were not passing alt tags through the source code despite it being properly entered for the image in the media library, therefore wouldn’t be read out by a screen reader.
[Update:] Webteam has identified there were only 2 areas affected in Faculty/dept theme: 1) section background images and 2) photo bar. -JE
[Update 2:] IT has retrofitted master ACF fields and pulled to production for all faculty/dept theme sites. -JE
Note: If users have entered alt tags on their images, it will now display them in source code/read out by screen readers. If there isn’t an alt tag entered, it will add an empty alt attribute, which is still good for accessibility scanners/robots. No further action required for communicators, but web team continues to strongly recommends communicators to add alt tags to their images -SQ
Ticket Number: N/A
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