Imported November 23, 2024
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Old alt text advice
By stevef
November 23, 2024
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I originally wrote this advice between 2010-2014 for the HTML5 specification with help from Laura Carlson and others. I still refer to it and decided it needed an update and a new home.
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A link or button containing nothing but an image
Graphical Representations: Charts, diagrams, graphs, maps, illustrations
Images of text
Images that include text
Images that enhance the themes or subject matter of the page content
A graphical representation of some of the surrounding text
A purely decorative image that doesn’t add any information
Inline images
A group of images that form a single larger picture with no links
Image maps
A group of images that form a single larger picture with links
Images of Pictures
Webcam images
When a text alternative is not available at the time of publication
An image not intended for the user
Icon Images
Logos, insignia, flags, or emblems
CAPTCHA Images
An image in a picture element
Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images
Text alternatives, are a primary way of making visual information accessible, because they can be rendered through many sensory [...]
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