img-alt-quality

<img> alt text must be appropriate (manual review)

manualWCAG 1.1.1 (A)confidence: mediumseverity: minorperceivable

Flags <img> elements with non-empty alt text for human review of appropriateness.

Applies to. Applies to <img> elements whose alt attribute is present and non-empty. The element must be included in the accessibility tree, and role="presentation"/"none" takes it out of scope unless it is focusable, which restores its role. An <img> with no alt at all is img-alt-present's failure, and one with alt="" is img-alt-decorative's review.

Expectation. Human review is required to confirm that the provided text alternative is accurate and appropriate.

Examples

can't tell
<img src="chart.png" alt="image">

Non-empty alt is present, but "image" restates the element type instead of describing what the chart shows — worth a reviewer's judgment.

n/a
<img src="border.png" alt="">

Empty alt marks the image decorative; that's `img-alt-decorative`'s question, not this rule's.

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