Abstract
Alt text is a system of text descriptions built into websites and other online platforms to make visual content accessible to blind people, those with low vision, and those living with certain cognitive disabilities. It is often overlooked altogether or understood through the lens of compliance, resulting in text that is written in a reluctant, perfunctory style. However, alt text is an essential part of web accessibility and has tremendous expressive potential; it can be written creatively and generously, centering disability culture. This chapter will discuss the artistic project Alt Text as Poetry by Bojana Coklyat and Shannon Finnegan, which centers around the question of how we can make spaces and experiences that disabled people not only can access but want to access. This chapter reframes alt text as a type of creative practice by elaborating on the methods of creative image description and providing examples of others who are a part of this ecosystem.
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