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“alt-text” News Archive

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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Exceptions to 1.1.1: When the Alt Text Isn’t the Answer (nat)114
accessibility, images
On the Decision Underlying Decorative Images (j9t)113
images, accessibility
The Accessibility Paradox112
design, accessibility, images
Image to Text111
accessibility, ai, images
How Alt Text Accessibility Supports Low-Vision Users110
accessibility, images, wcag
Figcaptions Versus Alt Text (tem)109
html, images, accessibility, comparisons
How to Write Alt Text for News (sta/the)108
how-tos, accessibility, images
How to Design Great Alt Text: An Introduction (deq)107
how-tos, introductions, images, accessibility
Tests for CSS Generated Content Alternative Text (rus)106
css, generated-content, accessibility, support, voiceover, nvda, jaws, screen-readers
The Idiot Sandwich—on Embedding Alt Text (ede)105
images, accessibility
100, 150, or 200? Debunking the Alt Text Character Limit104
accessibility, images, link-lists
AI and Alt Text (ted+/web)103
videos, ai, images, accessibility
Alt Text or Image Description?102
accessibility, images, comparisons, terminology
Accessibility Minute—September 2025 (col)101
accessibility, images, captions, comparisons
CSS to Speech: Alternative Text for CSS-Generated Content (sar)100
css, voice, generated-content, accessibility, support, browsers, screen-readers
Accessible Social Media: Alt Text99
accessibility, social-media, images
How Long Can Alt-Text Be? (jup)98
accessibility, images
Implement WCAG Rules in Your Infographics (a11)97
accessibility, wcag, visualization, design, images, contrast, colors
Writing Alt Text With AI (jar)96
ai, prompting, accessibility, images
Inclusive Development Practices in Next.js Projects (web/deq)95
accessibility, nextjs, semantics, keyboard-navigation, aria, localization, performance, axe
You Can Style Alt Text Like Any Other Text (geo/css)94
accessibility, images, css, javascript
Finding the Joy in Alt Text (bry)93
accessibility, images
The Problem(s) With Image Accessibility92
accessibility, images, html
Image Alt Text Guide: How to Write and Add Image Alt Text Reference91
guides, accessibility, user-experience, seo, images, shopify
A11y 101: 1.4.5 Images of Text (nat)90
introductions, accessibility, wcag, images
The Importance of Alt Text for Images89
images, accessibility, dei, compliance, legal, seo, user-experience
A Guide to Alt Text Across Popular Tools (pop)88
guides, accessibility, images, tooling
Quick Accessibility Wins That Are Easy to Implement (kev)87
videos, accessibility, html, semantics, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, focus, skip-links
Trusting AI With My Images Wasn’t Easy (dri)86
ai, images, accessibility, automation, tooling
12 Web Accessibility Tips to Make Your Site More User-Friendly85
accessibility, tips-and-tricks, contrast, keyboard-navigation, navigation, captions, labels, skip-links, microcontent
Alt Text Accessibility: Balancing AI and Human Oversight (tec+/equ)84
podcasts, accessibility, images, multimedia, ai, quality
10 Digital Accessibility Mistakes to Avoid83
accessibility, mistakes, images, contrast, colors, keyboard-navigation, aria, semantics, headings, labels, forms, pop-ups, testing
Generating Image Descriptions and Alt-Text With AI (dri)82
images, accessibility, ai, quality
Accessibility Essentials Every Front-End Developer Should Know (mar)81
accessibility, fundamentals, html, semantics, forms, keyboard-navigation, modals, focus, responsive-design, reduced-motion, aria
Quick Note: Limit Use of “Logo” in Alt Text (nat)80
accessibility, images, logos, microcontent
Accessibility First: How to Design Inclusive Frontend Experiences79
how-tos, design, accessibility, html, semantics, keyboard-navigation, aria, contrast, forms, focus
A Link on a Logo in the Header, What Should the Alt-Text Be? (ria/mat)78
accessibility, branding, links, logos, images
Old Alt Text Advice (ste)77
accessibility, images, html, microcontent, best-practices
Alt Text: Not Always Needed (nng)76
accessibility, images, writing
10 Simple Ways to Make Your Social Media Posts Accessible75
accessibility, social-media, content, images, captions, contrast
A Release Note for the Web Platform (pat)74
web-platform, developer-experience, css, ecmascript
Harnessing Copilot and Other Gen-AI Tools to Increase Digital Accessibility Efficiency (vle)73
videos, ai, microsoft, tooling, accessibility, images
Is Using “aria-label” to Add Alternative Text but No “alt” Attribute Still a WCAG Fail?72
discussions, accessibility, html, attributes, forms, labels, aria, images
Expert Guide: Writing HTML for Screen Reader Users (flo/a11)71
guides, accessibility, html, aria, writing, screen-readers
Accessibility Specialists Warn Against Using AI for Alt Text70
accessibility, images, ai
Writing Alt Text for a Scientific Figure69
accessibility, images, writing, information-design
Can AI Be Used to Write Good Descriptive Alt Text for Images in 2024? (the)68
accessibility, images, ai
Alternative Text in Action67
accessibility, images, writing, examples
My Approach to Alt Text (aar)66
accessibility, images, processes, link-lists
Alt Left (ste)65
accessibility, html, images, anti-patterns
Write Alt Text Like You’re Talking to a Friend (spa/clo)64
accessibility, images
Long Alt (aar)63
accessibility, images, support, browsers, screen-readers
Alt Text for CSS Generated Content (tem)62
css, generated-content, accessibility
Dynamically Adding Text Alternatives to Images With AI (kar)61
automation, ai, accessibility, images
How to Write Good Alt Text for Screen Readers (cra)60
how-tos, accessibility, images, writing, screen-readers
How I Write Alt Text for Code Snippets on Social Media (ben)59
accessibility, writing, images, social-media
What Is Alt Text and How to Write It (tpg)58
accessibility, images, writing
An “alt” Decision Tree Using Only “:has()” (aar)57
accessibility, css, images
Alt Text Hall of Fame (ste/alt)56
websites, accessibility, writing, images
The Alt Text War—SEO vs. Accessibility55
accessibility, seo, images, writing, comparisons
Are You Making These Five Mistakes When Writing Alt Text?54
accessibility, writing, images, mistakes
How to Style Your Alt Text (ede)53
how-tos, css, accessibility, images
Website Accessibility (15 Best Practices) (bru)52
accessibility, best-practices, content, readability, captcha, images, forms, focus, html, tooling
Twitter Reminds Us About Alt Text, but How Good Are We at It?51
accessibility, writing, images, twitter+x
Google on Alt Text SEO and Accessibility (joh+/sea)50
google, seo, accessibility, writing, images
How to Write Good Alt Text (cfe)49
how-tos, accessibility, writing, images
Justin Yarbrough Talks About Alt Text48
podcasts, accessibility, writing, images
AI-Generated Images From AI-Generated Alt Text (aar)47
accessibility, images, writing, ai
What Are Best Practices for Creating Alt Text?46
accessibility, writing, images, best-practices
Why We Don’t Set the “og:image:alt” Tag (yoa)45
open-graph, images, accessibility, seo, social-media
Writing Useful Alt Text (mic)44
accessibility, writing, images
Just How Long Should Alt Text Be? (geo/css)43
accessibility, writing, images
Alternative Text (Alt Text) (pop)42
accessibility, html, images, writing
Alt-Text Selfies41
websites, accessibility, community
There Is No Character Limit for “Alt Text” (yat)40
accessibility, html, images
Alt Tag Emptiness (ste)39
accessibility, html, images, aria
5 Steps for Writing Alt Text for Accessibility38
accessibility, writing, images
Writing Great Alt Text: Emotion Matters (jaf)37
accessibility, writing, images, user-experience
Image Descriptions: A Human Technique That Robots Can’t Grasp36
accessibility, images
Beyond Basic Alt Text—Charts, Maps, and Diagrams35
accessibility, images, information-design
Your Image Is Probably Not Decorative (eri/sma)34
images, decoration, accessibility
Seven Myths About Alt Text33
accessibility, images, myths
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization32
accessibility, images, writing, information-design, visualization
The CSS “content” Property Accepts Alternative Text (ste)31
css, generated-content, accessibility
Using Artificial Intelligence to Generate Alt Text on Images (css)30
ai, accessibility, images
Image Alt Text vs. Title Text vs. File Names: What’s the Difference? (bri/sea)29
seo, images, accessibility, naming, microcontent, comparisons
Some Things About “alt” Text (chr/css)28
accessibility, images, html
Mandatory Alt Attribute Is Insignificant27
accessibility, html, attributes, images
A Validator Is Not an Accessibility Evaluation Tool? (w3c)26
discussions, html, conformance, accessibility, images, tooling
IE 8: “alt” Change and “longdesc” Weirdness (ste)25
internet-explorer, browsers, attributes, html, images, accessibility
Matt Cutts Discusses the “alt” Attribute24
videos, html, images, accessibility, search, google
The Price of Omitting the Alt23
html, images, attributes, accessibility
The Solution Is a HTML 5 Apathetic Doctype22
html, doctypes, accessibility, images
Alternative Text for Images: The “alt” Attribute21
accessibility, images, html, attributes
Why the “alt” Attribute May Be Omitted (lac)20
images, attributes, html, accessibility, standards
Reviving Anorexic Web Writing (ali)19
writing, images, accessibility
Writing Alternate Text for Images18
accessibility, images, writing
How Important Is Alt Text in Search Engine Optimization?17
accessibility, seo, images
Alt Text Is an Alternative, Not a Tooltip16
accessibility, images
Semantic Image Use (jch)15
html, images, accessibility, semantics
Got Alt?14
images, content
How to Avoid Screen Reader “Noise Pollution”13
how-tos, screen-readers, accessibility, images
Writing Effective Alt Text for Images12
accessibility, images, writing
Alt Attribute (Alt Tag, Alt Tooltip) (ann)11
html, attributes, images, accessibility
The “alt” and “title” Attributes10
html, attributes, accessibility, images, comparisons, link-lists
From an Alt Point of View (the)9
accessibility, usability, legal, images
Lateral—the Alt Text Failure8
accessibility, images, examples
Accessible Alternatives (mal)7
accessibility, images, html
New Site Technology for Visually Impaired Surfers (zdn)6
css, accessibility, images
The “alt” Attribute in HTML5
html, attributes, images, accessibility
Alt and Beyond: Making Web Graphics Accessible4
images, accessibility, html
Providing Text Equivalents for Images (div)3
accessibility, images, examples, link-lists
Simple Guidelines on Using “alt” Texts in “img” Elements2
guidelines, images, accessibility
Alt Text Decision Helper1
tools, exploration, accessibility, html, images