First of all, what is alternative text? Alternative text, or alt text, is the written description of an image that we include in online pages and documents for those who do not see it. When we write ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TikTok is rolling out support for ALT text for photo posts to make content more accessible for users with visual and cognitive impairments. The company says creators can now provide descriptive text ...