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Contents of External technical barriers

• WCAG 2.0 focuses on the web (obviously!), not publishing.
• Some requirements of WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 are vague and situational.
• What constitutes good alt text? The answer is: "It depends."
• Is alt text required if the image is well-described in the text?
• Some images do not lend themselves to alt text, e.g., circuit diagrams
• Compare alt text requirements to closed captions.
• What constitutes a good long description?
• There is still disagreement on how to code long description.
• What constitutes good video description? What's the best way to do it?
• There is a lack of clear direction and examples for STEM content.
• No good solutions for legacy content.
• 193 years of The Lancet online as scanned PDFs.

External technical barriers