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Four-Stages for Building Resilient, High-Quality Alt Text Workflows

Learn how a four stage workflow for alt text can transform accessibility. From authoring to governance, each stage builds scalable, high quality descriptions that improve accessibility, strengthen user experience, and deliver business impact.

October 3, 2025

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August 12, 2025
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Why High-Quality Image Description Data Matters for AEO Success

This blog explains how SEO has evolved into Answer Engine Optimization (AEO). It details why rich image data (alt text, schema) is now a critical asset for teaching AI to feature your products and brand in Google's AI Overviews and conversational search.

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Social Media Accessibility Part 2: How to Make Your Social Media Content Accessible

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What Are Alt Text Services and Why Are They Crucial for Your Business?

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Met Gala 2025: The 10 Most Unforgettable Looks, Described in Detail

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Abstract digital artwork of geometric shapes with warm orange, blue, and pink tones, creating a layered, architectural concept with sharp angles and overlapping surfaces.

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A black and white isometric illustration depicting a centralized digital network. In the center, a large platform supports an orb representing an AI or neural network with smaller orbs connected. This central hub is connected by lines to various floating user interface windows. Four people stand at the smaller orbs using laptops to interact with the technology to illustrate an interconnected workflow.

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A screenshot of the Instagram "Create new post" screen. On the left, there is a preview of an image featuring a single, vibrant red poppy in a sunlit field of green and yellow wheat. On the right, under the post settings, the "Accessibility" menu is highlighted with a red rectangle, showing the user where to find the option to add alt text.

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A minimalist photograph shows three white, Scrabble-like tiles that spell the word 'ALT.' The tiles are perfectly centered against a solid coral-colored background.

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Collage of 4 photos of the disability rights movement featuring the 504 Sit-in, Disability Independence Day, the 0 Busters at Gallaudet, and the Capitol Crawl.

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The Met Gala 2025 steps featuring deep blue carpet with golden daffodils scattered throughout the scene. Title on image reads, "The Top 10 Looks from Met Gala 2025 with Accessible Image Descriptions."

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Overhead view of two people sorting through a collection of abstract art prints laid out before them on a surface. They both point at a piece featuring a dark square with simple white line drawings.

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A freshly sharpened yellow pencil lies on lined paper, surrounded by scattered shavings and graphite dust.

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Hand holds a marker to an easel pad showing a hand-draw visualization of an image workflow that includes a user interface, database, and website creation.

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Person sits in a dimly lit room staring blankly into the light of their smartphone screen, head falling towards the couch like they're drained of energy.

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First person view of a person holding a smartphone and swiping social media with a blurred view of a photo gallery on a Mac behind it.

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April 19, 2022

Why NFTs Need Alt Text Now

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Grid of four GIF screenshots featuring four Disabled women doing various reactions with white caption text on each screenshot like “Spill the tea, girl” and “That’s hot.”

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Close up of a person opening a journal at a wood table. They hold a pen in one hand, and a pot of tea and a mug sit in front of the journal.

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The Met Gala 2024 steps draped in a cream-to-seafoam-green ombré carpet, bordered by lush white blooms and topiary greenery. Title on image reads, "The Top 10 Looks from Met Gala 2024 with Accessible Image Descriptions."

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Screenshot of Scribely’s Alt Text Checker. Text reads “Identify alt text issues on your website. Enter your URL below, and Scribely’s Alt Text Checker will scan your webpage for alt text issues and suggest next steps for improvement.” above a fillable field with “Enter your URL” to the left and an Analyze button to the right.

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April 3, 2023

How to Make Video Accessible

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September 1, 2024

European Accessibility Act (EAA)

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Person facing away from us works at a computer with a wide screen. The person wears headphones, and a laptop sits next to a lamp on the desk.

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Pincers at the end of a robotic arm hold a dark pink Gerbera daisy against a sky-blue background.

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August 12, 2020

A Guide to Inclusive Language

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November 19, 2020

Talking Images: A Screen Reader Revolution

Two smiling people sit on the ground on either side of a low coffee table. Studio-style microphones are set up in front of each person, and one of them touches the mousepad of a laptop.

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Six dancers wearing all black pose in a tightly knit group in front of a concrete wall under a blue sky.

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Person smiles as they move toward us, listening to their device with earphones with a white wire. Out of focus, others walk along the city street in the background.

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Smiling person captured mid-jump in front of white aluminum siding. The person’s long hair floats up as they tuck their heels close to their hands, which are down by their sides.

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Dozens of people facing away from us gather in a courtyard or square. Two people in the middle of the crowd bow their heads and lift their right fists high.

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GIPHY logo in all capital, block letters and the cursive Scribely logo, both in white text against a violet-purple background.
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Three people wearing pink smile together as they look at a smartphone screen. The phone has a bright pink case. One person with long pink hair and another with short brown hair laugh.
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ALT
Dozens of people facing away from us gather in a courtyard or square. Two people in the middle of the crowd bow their heads and lift their right fists high.
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ALT
Dancer strikes a pose resting on one hand and one foot, their hips lifted. Their other hand and leg cross over their body. They are on a brick walkway leading to Voorhees Town Center.
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A screenshot of the Instagram "Create new post" screen. On the left, there is a preview of an image featuring a single, vibrant red poppy in a sunlit field of green and yellow wheat. On the right, under the post settings, the "Accessibility" menu is highlighted with a red rectangle, showing the user where to find the option to add alt text.
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ALT
Collage of 4 photos of the disability rights movement featuring the 504 Sit-in, Disability Independence Day, the 0 Busters at Gallaudet, and the Capitol Crawl.
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ALT
The Met Gala 2025 steps featuring deep blue carpet with golden daffodils scattered throughout the scene. Title on image reads, "The Top 10 Looks from Met Gala 2025 with Accessible Image Descriptions."
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ALT
Person on the far side of a computer screen with their head buried in both hands under an icon for an accessibility overlay.
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ALT
Grid of four GIF screenshots featuring four Disabled women doing various reactions with white caption text on each screenshot like “Spill the tea, girl” and “That’s hot.”
Image Description
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ALT
Close up of a person opening a journal at a wood table. They hold a pen in one hand, and a pot of tea and a mug sit in front of the journal.
Image Description
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ALT
The Met Gala 2024 steps draped in a cream-to-seafoam-green ombré carpet, bordered by lush white blooms and topiary greenery. Title on image reads, "The Top 10 Looks from Met Gala 2024 with Accessible Image Descriptions."
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ALT
View down onto an open, silver laptop as a person with long red fingernails touches the built-in mousepad. They hold a green credit card in the other hand.
Image Description
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ALT
Person with shaggy, chin-length hair sits with their back to us as they look at a computer screen. They wear headphones and a black and white plaid shirt.
Image Description
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ALT
Two smiling people sit on the ground on either side of a low coffee table. Studio-style microphones are set up in front of each person, and one of them touches the mousepad of a laptop.
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ALT
Six dancers wearing all black pose in a tightly knit group in front of a concrete wall under a blue sky.
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ALT
Person smiles as they move toward us, listening to their device with earphones with a white wire. Out of focus, others walk along the city street in the background.
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ALT
Smiling person captured mid-jump in front of white aluminum siding. The person’s long hair floats up as they tuck their heels close to their hands, which are down by their sides.
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ALT
A black and white isometric illustration depicting a centralized digital network. In the center, a large platform supports an orb representing an AI or neural network with smaller orbs connected. This central hub is connected by lines to various floating user interface windows. Four people stand at the smaller orbs using laptops to interact with the technology to illustrate an interconnected workflow.
Image Description
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ALT
A minimalist photograph shows three white, Scrabble-like tiles that spell the word 'ALT.' The tiles are perfectly centered against a solid coral-colored background.
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ALT
Pincers at the end of a robotic arm hold a dark pink Gerbera daisy against a sky-blue background.
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ALT
Several dusty and disintegrating framed portraits piled atop one another in an empty, run-down space.
Media
March 14, 2025

Why NFTs Need Alt Text Now

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Abstract digital artwork of geometric shapes with warm orange, blue, and pink tones, creating a layered, architectural concept with sharp angles and overlapping surfaces.
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Image Description Goes Here
ALT
Hand holds a marker to an easel pad showing a hand-draw visualization of an image workflow that includes a user interface, database, and website creation.
Image Description
Image Description Goes Here
ALT
Laptop screen with an image of Vimeo's logo next to YouTube's logo. Vimeo's video player user interface is at the bottom of the screen. Text below reads, "Vimeo and YouTube are letting us down." Scribely decorative squiggles separate the laptop from headphones and audio wave icons. Scribely logo in the bottom right corner.
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ALT
Screenshot of Scribely’s Alt Text Checker. Text reads “Identify alt text issues on your website. Enter your URL below, and Scribely’s Alt Text Checker will scan your webpage for alt text issues and suggest next steps for improvement.” above a fillable field with “Enter your URL” to the left and an Analyze button to the right.
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ALT
Closeup of a smart phone fixed to a tripod recording a man with short braids and a floral shirt. He sits in front of a low beige sofa as he smiles and points at the camera.
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ALT
First person view of a person holding a smartphone and swiping social media with a blurred view of a photo gallery on a Mac behind it.
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ALT
Front of a digital camera resting on a tripod with a small fuzzy microphone attached to the top via a red cord with a blurred building in the background.
Resources
May 7, 2025

How to Make Video Accessible

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Glimpsed between two open, silver laptops, a person points at a screen as a slightly smaller pair of hands of a younger person rest near the keyboard.
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ALT
Blue flag with a ring of 12 yellow stars printed on a 100 Euro bill, which overlaps an American the D of an American dollar bill.
Resources
March 14, 2025

European Accessibility Act (EAA)

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ALT
Graphic. Text below an illustration of an open laptop reads, “A Visual Description & Accessibility Glossary” in white text against a sage-green background. The cursive Scribely logo is in the bottom right corner.
Image Description
Image Description Goes Here
ALT
Woman throws both arms up as she smiles widely, her eyes closed amid a shower of glittering confetti. She wears a teal-green, velvety jacket.
Image Description
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ALT
Person against wood paneling holds one arm across her body to cup the opposite elbow. She holds that second hand to her chin and index finger on her jawline. She looks up, head tipped to the left and smiling.
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ALT
Person facing away from us works at a computer with a wide screen. The person wears headphones, and a laptop sits next to a lamp on the desk.
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ALT
Two different hands reach towards one another, nearly touching, as if they are about to shake hands.
Resources
March 14, 2025

A Guide to Inclusive Language

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