{"id":37004,"date":"2026-09-08T10:14:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=37004"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:54:22","slug":"digital-accessibility-tip-writing-alt-text","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/08\/digital-accessibility-tip-writing-alt-text\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Accessibility Tip: Writing Alt Text"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Images add visual interest and provide additional context for content you\u2019re creating. To make the content accessible to all users, images need to have alternative text (alt text) that describes the image in words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wsu-spacing-after--xsmall\">Learn how to write alt text for your images with MedTech\u2019s five-minute tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta wsu-spacing-after--default\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/write-alt-text\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button  wsu-button--size-small\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tView Tutorial\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I use AI to Write My Alt Text?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a good place to start, but don\u2019t rely solely on what you get. Remember that context matters and sometimes the information is not accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Accessibility Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital accessibility is everyone\u2019s responsibility. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.medicine.wsu.edu\/technology\/digital-accessibility\/digital-accessibility-basics\/\">MedTech Digital Accessibility Basics<\/a> page to get started and stay tuned as the team develops more resources. For additional information, visit the WSU <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/\">Digital Accessibility<\/a> hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images add visual interest and provide additional context for content you\u2019re creating. To make the content accessible to all users, images need to have alternative text (alt text) that describes the image in words. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25158,"featured_media":34102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[13],"tags":[33],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37011,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37004\/revisions\/37011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37004"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=37004"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=37004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}