{"id":62,"date":"2020-11-05T21:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T21:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2020-11-19T01:46:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T01:46:21","slug":"alt-text","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/alt-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Alt Text"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Alt Text\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Alt text is essential when using a screen reader. This text allows images to be read to the user.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">When creating alt text keep these guidelines in mind:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">First, close your eyes and describe the image to the best of your ability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Try to keep descriptions to 125 characters maximum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">One concise sentence makes it easier for the user to stay engaged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">If the image is decorative, described in accompanying text, or includes a caption, no alt text is necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><b><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Alt Text | Instagram<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">1. Create New Post<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">2. Choose a Filter<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">3. Choose Advanced Settings<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">4. Write Alt Text<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">5. Compose image Alt Text<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2020\/11\/alt-text-final-300x209.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2020\/11\/alt-text-final-300x209.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2020\/11\/alt-text-final-1024x714.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2020\/11\/alt-text-final-768x536.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2020\/11\/alt-text-final-1536x1072.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/467\/2020\/11\/alt-text-final-2048x1429.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alt Text\u00a0 Alt text is essential when using a screen reader. This text allows images to be read to the user.\u00a0 When creating alt text keep these guidelines in mind: First, close your eyes and describe the image to the best of your ability. Try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":860,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/860"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/accessible-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}