Employee Directory

Academics

Library

Campus Services

First time visit: View without clicking anything

TRIO Talent Search (TS)

Osceola Center

Error: 404

TRIO-Student Support Services

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

October 2025

September 2025

Southwestern Community College Iowa

Title / URL	Issues
Employee Directorywww.swcciowa.edu/directory	100
Academicswww.swcciowa.edu/index.php?Itemid=1545	6
Academicswww.swcciowa.edu/academics	6
Librarywww.swcciowa.edu/library	2
Campus Serviceswww.swcciowa.edu/campus-services	2
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.swcciowa.edu/	2
TRIO Talent Search (TS)www.swcciowa.edu/ets	2
Osceola Centerwww.swcciowa.edu/academics/osceola-center	2
Error: 404www.swcciowa.edu/invented-url-for-404-page	2
TRIO-Student Support Serviceswww.swcciowa.edu/trio-sss	2

Avoid alternative text that is the same as adjacent text

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