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Add Accessibility to an Image in a Unit

Alt text is text that a digital screen reader can recite aloud to tell visually impaired users what an image shows. Learners don’t see alt text in the content, but digital screen readers access it to read the description aloud.

Required Editions

Available in: Enterprise, Performance, and Unlimited Editions
User Roles and Permissions
Enablement Site User Roles  
This topic supports these enablement site roles: Content Creators
Required System Permissions  
To create and edit content with Trailmaker Content: Create Content
  1. Click an image in a unit.
  2. From the mini toolbar, click Add alt text icon in Trailmaker Content formatting mini toolbar for images.
    Image with mini toolbar in Trailmaker Content, highlighting the button for adding alt text
  3. Enter a description of the image, and click Update.
    Image with alt text entered in Trailmaker Content
    Tip
    Tip Keep alt text brief. One sentence or even a sentence fragment is all you need.

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