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Can the alt attribute be omitted without hurting accessibility?
In the current editor's draft of HTML 5, it is suggested that the
altattribute forimgelements should no longer be required. The reasoning is that in some cases alt text will be omitted, regardless of whether it is required or not, so it might as well be made optional. Otherwise some authoring tools will automatically insert empty, repeated or meaningless alt text. At least that's how I understand the reasoning explained in Why the Alt Attribute May Be Omitted.