The UserWay widget adds alternative text (also known as alt text, or alts) to all images using AI technology. However, these alts should be reviewed by your site admin and can be updated to improve user experience using the Remediation feature:
What is alt text for images?
The alt attribute is a space where the site admin is meant to write an alternate text for an image. This brief description will be read by the user if they are unable to see the image, or if the image cannot be displayed or viewed. This can occur because of a user's slow connection, or an error in the src attribute, for example.
Alt text is an accessibility requirement for blind and low-vision users who read sites via screen readers. The UserWay widget adds automatic alt text to site images, which helps with accessibility. However, these texts should be reviewed by a site admin and adjusted if necessary.
Update or change alt text added by AI
Log in to Widget settings: Access the widget settings with your credentials:
Click View Remediations: Navigate to the remediations section.
Open Remediations for Review: Find and open the "Remediations for Review (X)" section:
Click Image alts to review: Select the "Image alts" option to see the AI-added alt texts.
Select a image: Enter the new alt text inside the text field.
Click Approve to save changes: Save your changes by clicking the "Approve" button.
What is the To-do tab?
In the To-do tab, you will find all images where the AI Widget added alt text. This means that the image did not originally have an alt in the code, for example:
<img src="example.png">
All the alts in the To-do tab already have an alt text applied by the AI. You can use the Approve button on the To-do tab to update the automatically added current alt text to one of your choice.
What is the Remediated tab?
In the Remediated tab, you can find all alts that were changed and approved from the To-do tab, and also all the images that already had an alt added in the original code.
Note: The aria-role="presentation" attribute indicates that an image is purely decorative and conveys no meaningful information to users relying on screen readers or other assistive technologies. When marked as presentation, screen readers ignore the image, enhancing accessibility.
Adding an alt attribute with text to an image with aria-role="presentation" violates accessibility best practices. It suggests the image has meaningful content, misleading users who depend on assistive technologies.
If you have any questions, you can reach our support team at desk@support.userway.org.