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[ awlt-tekst ]

/ ˈɔlt ˈtɛkst /

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noun Digital Technology.

a written description of an image or other nontext content, included as an attribute in HTML code and rendered as text in place of the image or other element if it does not load on the web page or read by screen reader software at the point in the page sequence where the nontext element appears: If there’s no alt text for an image, a screen reader will read the filename—even if it’s just a string of numbers and letters.

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Also called al·ter·na·tive text

[awl-tur nuh tiv tekst, al-], /ɔlˈtɜr nə tɪv ˈtɛkst, æl-/, alt at·trib·ute

[awlt-a truh-byoot] /ˈɔlt ˈæ trəˌbyut/ .

Origin of alt text

First recorded in 1995–2000

Words nearby alt text

Altrincham, alt-rock, altruism, altruist, altruistic, alt text, Altus, ALU, aludel, alula, alum

How to use alt text in a sentence

Catalogue, published by Flammarion (2014), includes photographs from the Magnum Photos archives and text by Éric Hazan.
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The text amply surveys the various cultural exponents of tattooing accompanied by excellent images.
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Editor's Note: This article has been revised to include the definition and text of Section 12.
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A union representative told Buzzfeed News that they never received a text from Liang.
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(There appears to be no full text available online, but you can watch it here).
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As the weeks wore on, the pretence of practical teaching was quietly dropped, and we crammed our science out of the text-book.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The text of the amendments designed to carry out these recommendations will be submitted by the Board at an early date.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Directions for preparing it are given in most of the newer large text-books upon clinical diagnosis.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
We must keep to the text and not resort to any foreign matter to help the feeble memory.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)