From the course: Supporting Accessibility in a Hybrid Workplace
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Images and links
From the course: Supporting Accessibility in a Hybrid Workplace
Images and links
- Let's say you dialed into a meeting from your phone and don't have access to the video. If I described this image as a family of four, what do you picture? How about if I described the picture as a family of four dressed as superheroes? What would you imagine instead? Now, consider a typical link containing a long string of letters and numbers. Reading a link like that doesn't tell you what you'll find if you click on it. That's why you'll see people customize their links on social media sites. After this lesson, you'll be able to provide your audience with valuable information using alternative text and descriptive links. Images benefit from a succinct yet accurate description which is called alternative text or alt text. This assists anyone using a screen reader or reading captions. To properly use alternative text, you'll first need to identify what counts as an image. Photographs and screenshots are the most…
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