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ADA compliant images

ADA compliant images

The sight-impaired use assistive technologies to interpret visual content on web pages. These rely on alternative text to meaningfully describe the image content and significance.
 
Schools are responsible for making their web sites accessible.
 
This is as easy as adding ADA Text in CatapultK12's Images file manager.
 
Crafting ADA text

Crafting ADA text

The words in the tag should be more than a description. They should provide a text equivalent of the image. In other words, the tag should include the same meaningful information that other users obtain by looking at the image. In the example of the mayor’s picture, adding an “alt” tag with the words “Photograph of Mayor Jane Smith” provides a meaningful description.

 
More information regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act and web sites: