Images

Screen readers, or reviewers, are for people who are blind. These aids make on-screen information available as synthesized speech or a refreshable Braille display. They can only translate text information.

Images can be translated, if there is alternative text describing the image.

Tips on using the alternative text (ALT) attribute in image tags:

To add alternative text to an image, simply include the "ALT" attribute in your image tag
Consider adding a period at the end of the ALT attribute text, so that someone hearing the page can tell where one image stops and another starts
Consider numbering your image or image map links with a number at the start of the "ALT" attribute text; this helps to orientate the person hearing the page
If you have text links next to each other, separate the links with a space and a period, or a vertical bar; this way, someone hearing the page can tell where one link stops and another starts

38.1. Standard Images
38.2. Animated Images
38.3. Image Links
38.4. Submit and Input Images

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