What are text equivalents for non-text elements?
A text equivalent is a method of assigning a text description to a image, or other non-text element. This is the single most frequent accessibility problem with web pages. Non-text elements include anything that is not text; however, the most common non-text elements lacking a text equivalent are: • Pictures and other images used as content • Banners and other images that are used to display text • Graphics used as hyperlinks to go to another page For a detailed explanation and a example on how to fix these problems, see Checkpoint A.
