• Images and Graphical Buttons
• Grapical representation of text ( including symbols )
• Images used as List Bullets
• Images used as 'spacers'
• Image Map Regions
• Animations ( e.g., animated GIFs )
• Sounds (played with or without user interaction)
• Stand-alone audio files, audio tracks of video, and video
• ASCII Art

How to insert or modify the ALT tag:

• Using Netscape Composer
• Using Microsoft FrontPage 2000

ASCII Art refers to text characters and symbols that are combined to create an image. These constructions can be a simple emoticon, such as a smiley ";-)" or something complex as a graph. In either case, a person using a screen reader will find it very difficult to understand what you are attempting to communcate.

The best policy is to avoid the use of ASCII art altogether. Convert your ASCII art into a graphic and follow the same strategy as you would with any other complext chart or table. See the Graphics Representation of Text example page.

Example 2 If there is an extremely good reason to cling to the use of complex diagrams presented as ASCII art, provide an alternative explanation to effectively communicate the contents of the diagram to the user. Working Example : Total USNA Page Hits 20 | 19 | * 18 | * M 17 | * I 16 | * L 15 | * L 14 | * I 13 | * * O 12 | * * N 11 | * * S 10 | * * 9 | * * 8 | * * * 7 | * * * 6 | * * * 5 | * * * 4 | * * * * 3 | * * * * 2 | * * * * 1 | * * * * * ----+------+------+------+------+------+--- 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Y E A R Chart Description Accessible HTML <A HREF="hits.htm">Chart Description</A>

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