Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup (PDX A11Y UX) – Alt Text is the Ocean You Thought Was a Pond

#### Topic

Writing proper alt text is hard. But it doesn’t have to be. There’s a minimum standard and an advanced approach. People who need alt text will appreciate you for the former and love you for the latter. Alt text is also a whole lot more than the `alt` attribute. That’s just one of the many ways to make content accessible. In fact, there are a number of considerations for writing great alt text.

In this presentation, Mark Wyner will help you understand the spectrum of options so you can take good care of your audience. We’ll walk through implementation methods, phonetics, composition, complex sources, and tackling social media.

Let’s give screen readers and other assistive technologies something to *talk* about.

#### Agenda

The event begins at 6 pm; join early, starting at 5:45 pm for networking.

* 5:45 Networking
* 6:00 Introductions and announcements
* 6:15 Presentation
* 6:45 Q&A and discussion

#### About the presenter

(https://markwyner.com/) is an autodidactic polymath with over two decades of experience in design and development. His approach prioritizes usability, accessibility, and inclusivity. He’s also an antifascist humanitarian. So diversity and equity are overarching principles for everything he does in this space. Currently, as the Lead Product Designer at BookNook. His pronouns are he/him/his. You can follow him on Mastodon or his accessibility writings on his website.

#### Accommodation requests

If you have any accommodation requests, don’t hesitate to contact us before the event to discuss.
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