29213 2015-10-20 13:45:16 +0000 Can aria-label or arial-labelledby be used instead of alt for providing an accessible name 2015-10-28 16:45:01 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 alt techniques (editor: Steven Faulkner) unspecified PC All RESOLVED WORKSFORME P2 normal --- 1 jongund faulkner.steve devarshipant faulkner.steve mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking surkov.alexander public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 123805 0 jongund 2015-10-20 13:45:16 +0000 I don't see any use of aria-label or aria-labelledy . Couldn't aria-labelledby be used in the figure examples to create an accessible name for an img element by referencing the figcaption element? 123806 1 surkov.alexander 2015-10-20 14:00:40 +0000 aria-label or aria-labelledy can be used on any element. Is point of the bug that the HTML spec should say that explicitly? 123807 2 faulkner.steve 2015-10-20 14:19:52 +0000 (In reply to jgunder from comment #0) > I don't see any use of aria-label or aria-labelledy . > > Couldn't aria-labelledby be used in the figure examples to create an > accessible name for an img element by referencing the figcaption element? Hi Jon, there is nothing stopping you from doing this. But consider the output for the SR user: <figure> <img src="pussy.jpg"> <figcaption>cure little pussy</figcaption> </figure> "group: cute little pussy" "graphic: cute little pussy" "cute little pussy" In browsers such as firefox/chrome, figcaption (as defined )provides the acc name for the figure element which is announced. This already causes repetition, because AT have not implemented any logic around the figure/figcaption markup pattern.