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From: Erick Wilder
Date: Aug 6, 2025 6:49AM

Thanks for your input. In lieu of inclusivity and accessibility,
copywriters may use “person 1” and “person 2” - how that compares to the
initial directional cues?


On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 09:30, Erick Wilder < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I’d like to better understand whether the inclusion of directional cues
> (e.g. top, right, left, bottom, etc) are important to be part of the image
> descriptions. Also, if there’s textual content besides an image that
> captures its contents (but not assigned to its alt attribute) could this
> make any difference on the usage of directional cues?
>
> Example: an image with empty alt text was used and there is text next to
> it describing two people, using the wording “person on the left” and
> “person on the right” - should this wording be avoided or is it advisable
> to include them instead?
>
> Could you t be that I may need 2 copies: one for the alt text and another
> (similar) to be used as “caption” with different wording?
>
> Looking for information online has mixed results and I thought of asking
> this community. I appreciate your input.
>