“Generate alt text for this image” gets you generic mush every time. Here’s the three-word prompt trick that gets AI to actually think like you do about content, purpose, and context.
Category: Content Creation
Making a Case for Vision: a Story of Inclusive Marketing for Assistive Tech
What happens when accessibility work takes an unexpected turn into music and video? My journey with Case for Vision led to a jingle, a set of inclusive promo videos, and a creative collaboration with blind, deaf, and neurodiverse artists. It’s a story of friendship, innovation, and marketing done right.
When is an image decorative? When it looks good but says nothing
When is an image decorative—and when does it deserve a voice? This practical guide helps content creators, designers, and developers decide which images need alt text and which ones should stay silent. You’ll get clear criteria, domain-specific tips, and work-arounds for platforms that don’t play nice with alt=””. Skip the noise, keep the meaning, and make your content cleaner for everyone.
A non-techie’s guide to choosing accessible color combinations
Insufficient contrast between text and background colors is the most common accessibility issue on the web. However, choosing accessible color combinations doesn’t have to be difficult. Here’s a step-by-step process for doing so that requires zero technical knowledge.
Here’s a simple recipe for good image alt text
Answering three simple questions about an image can make it easy to create alternative text that’s meaningful and relevant.
Don’t click here!
“Click here” buttons and links are unhelpful, inaccessible, and banal. Here’s why and what to do instead.
How to find time to write accessible web content
The truth is that web accessibility takes extra time, energy, and resources, but adding few steps into your workflow can mitigate much of the cost of creating accessible web content.