How to write text descriptions when text is burned into the image and can't be read by screen readers or braille displays. Part of:How to write text descriptions (alt text) in BBC News articles ...

Tall hamburger with a hand reaching for it. The introduction to the article, surrounded by a collection of examples of alt text, displayed over blank boxes, arranged in a scattered formation.

Text descriptions are also known as alt text, or alternative text. We call them 'text descriptions' as for many audiences, text descriptions are not an alternative. They describe the content and ...

Alternative text, or alt text, is a short description of an image that users will not typically see unless they use an assistive technology or the image does not load on the page. Every image should ...