Show HN: Check if your website's images have alt text

2 comments

• _bin_ 3 days ago
  could y'all look at using gpt4o to auto-generate alt text? i figure it'd be good enough, satisfy reg requirements, and save a lot of time and hassle.
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  • domoritz 3 days ago
    I really hope most people are not just trying to satisfy regulatory requirements but genuinely want to allow people using screen readers to understand what an image is about. Having said that, AI can definitely be useful when there is no alt text but it shouldn’t be an excuse not to add alt texts as a creator.
  • irq-1 3 days ago
    Surprised that AI text generation wasn't the point.
  • efilife 2 days ago
    facebook has been using this kind of approach for years
• jackhalford 3 days ago
  Reminder that sometimes empty alt text is _more_ accessible, in particular for images that have no bearing on the main subject of the page
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  • ls612 3 days ago
    Doesn’t matter when bottom feeding lawyers run an automated tool on your site and sue you in hope of a quick $5k settlement. That is what drives this not any notion of accessibility.