The person asking the question wanted to know whether alt text was still relevant for search optimization. In order to understand the role of alt text for SEO it’s useful to learn the technical reason ...

A BBC journalist has published a set of guidance on writing alt text for images to make news more accessible. Alt text (or alternative text) is descriptive text for images or other visual content in a ...

Alt text is a short written description of an image that describes the appearance, content and/or function of an image. Screen readers read the alt text aloud to website visitors, allowing them to ...

This guidance is meant to be a starting point to create a deeper understanding of the implications alt text can have when people are the subject of an image. As you read, it is important to note that ...

The BBC has published guidance on writing alt text for images, sharing it externally with the aim of helping to boost accessibility to news across the industry. Here Johny Cassidy, who works in the ...

Text descriptions are also known as alt text, or alternative text. We call them 'text descriptions' as for many audiences, text descriptions are not an alternative. They describe the content and ...

There’s been a massive increase in the use of visual data journalism in recent times, but the growth in the use of charts and graphs, infographics and maps to translate and illustrate complicated data ...

TikTok announced on Wednesday that it’s expanding its suite of accessibility tools by rolling out AI-generated ALT text for photos, a high-contrast mode, and support for device-level bold text ...