Generic descriptions don't convey the information or context sighted users get from the image. Examples like "election results," "group of people," "screenshot from Google," or "city skyline" may be technically be true, but they don't provide information and context.
Notices by Accessibility Awareness (a11yawareness@disabled.social)
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Accessibility Awareness (a11yawareness@disabled.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 17:22:09 JST Accessibility Awareness -
Accessibility Awareness (a11yawareness@disabled.social)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 03:45:40 JST Accessibility Awareness First and foremost, alt text must always be informative and descriptive of the content in the image. It can have character and humor, but it still needs to be informative and descriptive. Alt text is not a place to add easter eggs or jokes for sighted users.
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Accessibility Awareness (a11yawareness@disabled.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Oct-2023 15:50:08 JST Accessibility Awareness For people who don't use screen readers, it can be difficult to understand how screen readers work. If you're interested in learning how people use screen readers, check out this demo from Marc Sutton and The University of California San Francisco.
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Accessibility Awareness (a11yawareness@disabled.social)'s status on Monday, 31-Jul-2023 20:33:15 JST Accessibility Awareness When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.