Summary

The website content provides a guide on how to properly credit and add alt text to images in articles, emphasizing the importance of giving credit and making content accessible to the visually impaired.

Abstract

The article titled "Give Credit Where Credit Is Due" found on the undefined website offers a step-by-step tutorial on how to attribute images in online content. It covers the process of tagging images with their source, whether they are created by AI, taken with a camera, or sourced from the internet. The author, who initially found the process of adding alt text challenging, explains how to add a simple description and a hyperlink to the image source. Additionally, the article demonstrates how to set alt text to aid those with visual impairments, ensuring that the description is detailed and informative. The author encourages readers to visit their publication for more content.

Opinions

The author believes that proper image credit is essential and that the process of adding such credit should be straightforward.
There is a preference for pasting URLs when linking image sources to avoid errors.
The author values accessibility, emphasizing the importance of alt text for the visually impaired, as it helps create a mental picture for those who rely on computer-generated narration.
The author promotes their own work and suggests that readers can support them by subscribing through their referral links.
The article implies that the alt text should be a brief yet vivid description to effectively convey the image's content.

How to

Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

How to tag your images and the alt text.

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After seeing quite a few images and wondering where the writer got them from, I thought maybe we need an explanation how to tag our images.

I found the tagging part relatively easy. How to add the alt text, eluded me at first.

Let’s begin with adding the credit to where you got your image, whether it’s one you made with an AI image generator, took the picture with a camera, or found it someplace on the web. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

For starters, click on the image on the page you are typing up.

A prompt box, like the one above, will show at the bottom edge of the image/photo. This is where you type a very simple, short description.

Now highlight a word or phrase that you will create a link for where the image came from. A small pop-up appears above the highlighted text. If you click the chain link, another box will appear.

This is where you type (I prefer to paste a url address that I copied so there are no mistakes) the link of where you found the image you are using. If it is a picture you took, you do not need to put a link.

Anything you didn’t create should be linked to the page you took it from.

All that is left is to set the alt text for the visually impaired. (This is for those that have the computer read to them. They get a mental picture more than a visual one.)

Again, click on your image.

Notice the Alt text box in black at the center, top of the image. Click on it to open a window to type in a more detailed description of your image.

Type a brief, colorful description of your image, then click save.

BOOM! You have successfully tagged your image, gave credit where credit was due, and provided imagery in the alt text box.

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