From 9132a73c3b61dc16f2e97bb7e7d0775a5bb8ec90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Newcombe Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:58:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update packages/components/psammead-image/README.md Co-Authored-By: dr3 --- packages/components/psammead-image/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/packages/components/psammead-image/README.md b/packages/components/psammead-image/README.md index 5cc567c23a..8abab82318 100644 --- a/packages/components/psammead-image/README.md +++ b/packages/components/psammead-image/README.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const Wrapper = (src, alt, width, height) => ( ## Accessibility notes -This component requires an alt property to describe the image. This alt text is read by users of Assistive Technology, and indeed by anybody whose internet connection is so slow the browser decides to render the text instead of the image. +This component requires an alt property to describe the image. This alt text is crucial for users of Assistive Technology, and by any user whose internet connection is so slow the browser decides to render the text instead of the image. Some images are purely presentational - even in these cases, an `alt` attribute must be passed, but the value would be an empty string "".