GAAD 2025 - A2: The Discomfort of Describing Persons in Alt Text

Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Penn State University

This session will review strategies for determining which qualities of a image of person should be described in image alt text. The session will also explore how cultural preconceptions may make this task a challenge, even an uncomfortable one, but an important one for helping users understand the context of what the image conveys.

Session A2 slides