This post and the above comment prompted me to add alt text for an image on a landing page I’m working on. Whether an image is decorative or not is a complex q

This post and the above comment prompted me to add alt text for an image on a landing page I’m working on. Whether an image is decorative or not is a complex question that probably hinges on a lot of modernist ideology about the role of ornament[1]. A more functional approach is ask why the image is there. If it’s setting a mood, describe the image with words that evoke that mood. In my case, the image was an illustration that I’d written off as not interesting to a blind person. But in putting forth the effort to “read” the image I realized it depicted our target demographic using our product in a fantasy setting, which is much more fun to describe than it appeared at first glance. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament_and_Crime https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament_and_Crime