What’s not as easy to determine is when to use alt text and how to write alt text that will be effective. In order to write appropriate alt text, you need to understand who you’re writing the alt text for and what the purpose of the image is. Who Uses Alt Text, Anyway? If you...
3. Writing the alt text Now here's where the nuance, and a little bit of forethought, comes in. Write concise, but meaningful, descriptions Alt-text descriptions should clearly convey both the content and the meaning of the image, and should aim touse as few words as needed. Describe wha...
SEE ALSO:A guide to writing alt text and accessible image captions For your meme consideration While broad alt text guidance is applicable to all visual media posted online, memes often hold more layered meaning and cultural context than other kinds of posts. They're also frequently the main so...
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WordPress makes it easy to add alt text to an image. After you upload a new image, there is an alternative text field you can fill out by clicking on the image in your media library. If you upload an image while writing, or want to edit an image from within a post, simply select ...
Alt-texts are not always this bad, but there’s usually a lot to improve upon. So whether you are a complete beginner or want to take your “game” to the next level, here’s our ultimate guide to alt-texts! What is an alt-text ...
After you’ve written the alt text for your image, you need to actually add it to your document or app. If you’re directly writing HTML code, it’s usually quite straightforward – and this guide for improving accessibility with alt text gives a great overview. Today, this blog post wil...
But not all links are text; some are images. Google states: If you do decide to use an image as a link, filling out its alt text helps Google understand more about the page you’re linking to. Imagine that you’re writing anchor text for a text link. How to add alt text to image...
Writing good alt text isn’t about throwing a bunch of keywords together. The main point of the feature is to describe images to users with visual problems, whether physical or technological, so your alt text needs to be coherent, at the very least. ...
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