Majors & Programs | Mount Saint Mary College

Apply | Mount Saint Mary College

Honors & Research | Mount Saint Mary College

Title IX | Mount Saint Mary College

Visit | Mount Saint Mary College

Life at the Mount | Mount Saint Mary College

Oops, that page doesn't exist. | Mount Saint Mary College

Faith & Service | Mount Saint Mary College

Campus Map & Directions | Mount Saint Mary College

Living & Dining | Mount Saint Mary College

An `<img>` element inside a link must not specify alternative text that duplicates the
content of a text link inside or beside it.

For example, this code should be avoided:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="Apple">
    Apple
</a>
```

Accessible technologies will tend to see this as "Apple Apple". The correct behaviour is to
specify either a null (empty) `alt` attribute:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" alt="">
    Apple
</a>
```

or to hide the image via `aria-hidden`:

```html
<a href="/apple">
    <img src="apple.png" aria-hidden="true">
    Apple
</a>
```

# Learn more

Read about [Technique H2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H2) on how to combine
an adjacent image and texts links. 

See the [WAI Tutorial on decorative images](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decorative/).

img-duplicate-alt

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Title / URL	Issues
Majors & Programs \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/majors-programs/	2
Apply \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/apply/	2
Honors & Research \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/majors-programs/honors-research/	2
Title IX \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/title-ix/	2
Visit \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/visit/	2
Life at the Mount \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/life-at-the-mount/	2
Oops, that page doesn't exist. \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
Faith & Service \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/life-at-the-mount/faith-service/	2
Campus Map & Directions \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/visit/campus-map-directions/	2
Living & Dining \| Mount Saint Mary Collegewww.msmc.edu/life-at-the-mount/living-dining/	2

Avoid alternative text that is the same as adjacent text

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