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What is alt text?

Alt text is a text alterative to an image. It allows people who cannot see the image to gain the information that the image communicates. 

Alt text should:

  • Provide an equivalent experience to seeing the image
  • Be succinct, 1-2 sentences
  • Not include redundant langage (e.g, "image of" is not needed in the alt text because a screen reader will announce it is an image). 

Tutorial: Writing alt text

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