The phrase "alternative text" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of web accessibility, referring to text that describes images for those who cannot see them.
Example: "To improve accessibility, make sure to include alternative text for all images on your website."
Alternatives: "alt text" or "descriptive text".
The feature, called "automatic alternative text", uses image recognition technology developed through machine-learning to identify the objects pictured.
Be sure to add Alternative text to your graphic to help those using screen readers when accessing your website.
All important images use alternative text that describe the content of the image for those who can't see it.
Around a third of the sites that fail to meet WCAG's Level A could achieve it by fixing the alternative text and frames problems, say the report's authors.
He also couched these pieces in counterpoint, of sorts: each speaker was accompanied, at a softer volume, by the rest of the cast, usually in closely matched rhythms, but with an alternative text.
Remember that text included in images cannot be crawled by spiders, although alternative text associated with the images is, so you may wish to revisit the design of some of your pages.
Quick Call Swype has been a popular alternative text-entry system for Android.
The rules include standards for the display of information at federal Web sites, requiring, for example, that Web pages be designed with an alternative text-only version for visually impaired people who rely on software that reads Web pages aloud.
And they have sought alternative texts, other ways of describing and giving dignity to their own experiences.
"The curriculum is very restricted," said Ms. Ratna, who uses alternative texts in her classes and promotes outside learning through other resources, including the Internet.
There was a question about whether material from these alternative texts could be integrated into Blackboard, JHU's course management system.
