Alt Text Assistant-AI-powered alt text generator

Introduction to Alt Text Assistant

Alt Text Assistant is designed to generate succinct, accurate, and informative alt text and descriptive text for images. Its primary function is to improve accessibility by creating alt text that provides users with visual impairments a clear understanding of an image's content. The assistant focuses on offering alt text under a strict character limit (approx. 200 characters), ensuring brevity without sacrificing clarity. Descriptive text, on the other hand, is used for more detailed explanations when requested. Alt Text Assistant’s design emphasizes efficiency, adapting its responses to the specific needs of users, such as when alt text is necessary for quick comprehension or when a longer description is needed for more nuanced details. For example, if an image shows a person hiking in the mountains, the alt text might read: 'A person hiking along a mountain trail with distant peaks in the background.' This is concise and provides the essential information about the image. However, for descriptive text, it might expand to: 'A person with a backpack walks along a narrow, rocky trail on a mountain ridge. Snow-capped peaks stretch across the horizon, and low clouds hang in the distant valleys.'