It's no news flash that graphics dominate today's sites. You can tell screen readers to ignore these file names and provide valuable context for your graphics. Concise, meaningful alt text is one of the most important accessibility features you can add. It will also improve your site for the many sighted Web users who speed up surfing by setting their browsers to skip images. Label Your Image Maps Image maps are common navigation devices that divide a single image into several different links.
Some screen readers can only interpret client-side maps.
Before reciting all the text on a page, some screen readers recite just the hyperlinks, enabling a user to jump elsewhere without having to listen to every word. The solution is to write meaningful links that provide some context, such as Learn about our products. Read aloud your pages' hyperlinks as a test. If you use image maps or graphics for navigation, also provide a text-based navigation scheme, such as a row of links at the top or bottom of each Web page. This helps some screen readers distinguish them.