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 ...

Alt text is read by screen readers, making the content and function of an image accessible to users with visual or cognitive disabilities. It is displayed in place of the image if the image file doesn ...

One of the most powerful ways we can improve the accessibility of our website is the creation of alternative text for images. Alternative text, or alt text, is a concise text description conveying the ...

Giphy is looking to improve accessibility and help more people understand what the platform's GIFs are depicting with the help of alt text descriptions. It has teamed up with a content accessibility ...

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 ...

Threads, Meta's Twitter alternative, is here, carrying some Instagram features in tow but really lacking when it comes to others. One of these is alternative text (alt text), a crucial tool for ...

is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Twitter is expanding a feature that makes images on the platform more ...

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Twitter is expanding access to an opt-in feature that is designed to make its platform more accessible for people who use screen readers. The social network is rolling out an image description ...

If you have not previously entered alt text correctly for images on your site, each time you open Canvas, choose one or two pages within your Canvas site and update the alternative text for those ...