Image Descriptions and Alt Text

crunkfeministcollective:

fuckyeahaccessibility:

In an ideal world, all image descriptions would happen in the “alt text.” Which is like, when you’re adding an image to your website, you go to the <img> tag and add alt=”image description goes here” Alt text is super great for screen readers because they know that…

This! OK I was so going to ask because I do describe pics in the ALT text! But I’ve seen people do it below the image and I was thinking should I stop doing alt text and describe below?  Anyhoo, yay!!!

Thanks for the reminder. Always helps. :) I’m trying to use alt text more, myself.

I am sighted but not neurotypical and I really appreciate text below the image, too. And transcripts for videos, I appreciate those so much, too. I can’t process image/sound as well as I process text.