alt= in HTML

alt= in HTML

[Peter Toft]

I was doing a Linux presentation to night and we ended
up discussing the Linux books I have made.  The person
wanted to transfer my Docbook->HTML generated book for
blind people. They have a speach synthesis, but need
the pictures to have the alt-tag set in the HTML code.

I normally make a Docbook picture by

<FIGURE ID="pto-fig" FLOAT="1">
<TITLE>Peter Toft</TITLE>
<GRAPHIC FILEREF="pto" SCALE="80"></GRAPHIC>
</FIGURE>

but this does not allow me to get an HTML code

<IMG src="pto.png" alt="Peter Toft">

which I need - I would accept, if I have to add the
alt-text again - or something like that, but I need
clues whether it is possible to get the alt-tag
automagically :-)


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Peter Toft, Ph.D. [pto@sslug.dk] http://www.sslug.dk/~pto

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You win it by doing your best to win"
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Re: alt= in HTML

[Eric Bischoff]

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Peter Toft wrote:
> 
> wanted to transfer my Docbook->HTML generated book for
> blind people. They have a speach synthesis, but need
> the pictures to have the alt-tag set in the HTML code.
> 
> I normally make a Docbook picture by
> 
> <FIGURE ID="pto-fig" FLOAT="1">
> <TITLE>Peter Toft</TITLE>
> <GRAPHIC FILEREF="pto" SCALE="80"></GRAPHIC>
> </FIGURE>
> 
> but this does not allow me to get an HTML code
> 
> <IMG src="pto.png" alt="Peter Toft">
> 
> which I need - I would accept, if I have to add the
> alt-text again - or something like that, but I need
> clues whether it is possible to get the alt-tag
> automagically :-)

Have you tried a <mediaobject>? It is specifically done to support
several formats for the same "object". So the user can view/hear/read a
picture, a sound, and a text, depending on how the people can/want to
see it.

BTW, it also solves the old problem "I want a PNG in HTML, and an EPS in
PostScript"

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Re: alt= in HTML

[Peter Toft]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Peter Toft wrote:

Madhu none told me to add the <alt> tag - seems as a
way to go, if I cannot get the change directly.

BR

> I was doing a Linux presentation to night and we ended
> up discussing the Linux books I have made.  The person
> wanted to transfer my Docbook->HTML generated book for
> blind people. They have a speach synthesis, but need
> the pictures to have the alt-tag set in the HTML code.
...

-- 
Peter Toft, Ph.D. [pto@sslug.dk] http://www.sslug.dk/~pto

"You don't win a battle by asking, `Will we win?' 
You win it by doing your best to win"
- Richard M Stallman

----> Visit http://petition.eurolinux.org <---