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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you're the person who adds images to a website page or email</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, you probably know that part of that process is adding
what is called ALT Text. Simply put, this text describes what the image is, when:
<b>1) the picture doesn't load, 2) a screen reader is being used </b>by visually impaired individuals and<b> 3) you want to be discovered</b> through<i> search engine optimization (SEO)</i>.
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">As a reminder</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, you can learn exactly what ALT Text is, and what should be included,
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<b><span style="color:#315FC3">see this Tech-Talk article</span></b></a>. This issue is about a tool that will generate the words for you. Cool, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">First, let's settle the question about how
<i>long </i>the ALT text should be</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> for each image. Unfortunately, there is no definitive "rule." Some directions say to keep it concise (one sentence).
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Others suggest that it should be as long as needed to accurately describe important and relevant details of the picture.
<b>One guiding thought</b> is that some Alt-text creation tools<b> limit you to 125 characters.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">So you get to choose</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> the length that is appropriate for your situation and image. The tools we're showing you today
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">ALT Text example to describe the image above:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">A yellow hot air balloon with red and orange accents floats gently against a picturesque sky painted in soft hues of blue, pink, and orange.
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">OR<i> A colorful hot air balloon floats gently against a sky painted in soft pastels.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">In our own struggle to generate this content accurately and easily for Tech-Talk images, we found a few web tools that create ALT text for us! They use artificial intelligence to view the image
and create a description. It is amazing how accurate and spot-on these tools can be! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">So…in this article, we'll take a look at: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Alttext.ai</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. A low-cost option that is packed full of features.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Ahrefs.com</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, which offers a free AI image ALT Text generator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#315FC3">AltText.ai<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Creating ALT text is easy with this highly rated web tool</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. You can upload an image to their website in your own account
or use one of the many app integrations (such as for your Chrome browser) to quickly generate it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">First, create an account at
<a href="https://opiayfbab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001o5b5ACHiJJCeX01lLHKOlNZPNKzMHk1FCm42TTvfxkjiI36doOGEFznZATSobzPQ-V6r7EYDUdesaqpCyuWY9cxJayCRtXoNi0FnFYGsBWxhQDL2VkSzPsEBFTRnKzCUDMXeC5OBscd_5FHi8nwlaw==&c=kOCqDJNLFaNLFJajmFV6UQMag08u3O735DbqllcGwNt1ArPoAx3S1g==&ch=_Zc4wO1FOYVQZWhrPI0dk9CYgFmbO8r3LJoB9Muc34T2Z2OkK31YHA==" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#315FC3">https://alttext.ai</span></b></a>. There is a free trial to see if you like it. Otherwise, you can purchase credits or sign up for a monthly plan. For example, the $5/month plan buys you 100 credits. One credit equals one ALT
text generation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Next, <i>before
</i>using this too</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">l, in your Alttext.ai platform, go to the
<i>Account </i>tab. There are many options to review, but <b>be sure to look at the
<i>ALT Text Generation</i> section</b> where you can:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Set the
<i>maximum </i>length of <i>characters</i>. (You can choose to keep them short.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Terse</i>). <b>NOTE</b>: This is where you get to establish your preference for what
<i>type </i>of Alt Text you want. (See example below.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#315FC3">There are a few different ways to use the tool:<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://opiayfbab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001o5b5ACHiJJCeX01lLHKOlNZPNKzMHk1FCm42TTvfxkjiI36doOGEFznZATSobzPQ-V6r7EYDUdesaqpCyuWY9cxJayCRtXoNi0FnFYGsBWxhQDL2VkSzPsEBFTRnKzCUDMXeC5OBscd_5FHi8nwlaw==&c=kOCqDJNLFaNLFJajmFV6UQMag08u3O735DbqllcGwNt1ArPoAx3S1g==&ch=_Zc4wO1FOYVQZWhrPI0dk9CYgFmbO8r3LJoB9Muc34T2Z2OkK31YHA==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:#315FC3">https://alttext.ai</span></b></a>
account you can <b><i>upload </i></b>an image to generate the ALT text.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Let's look at all three of these options.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#315FC3">https://alttext.ai</span></b></a> and sign in. The
<i>Dashboard</i> gives you an overview of your account.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This option lets you use the Alttext.ai tool in
<b>any website you are viewing</b>. For instance, we use it regularly when loading images to the Constant Contact email platform library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Go to the <i>Getting Started</i> page,
<a href="https://opiayfbab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001o5b5ACHiJJCeX01lLHKOlNZPNKzMHk1FCm42TTvfxkjiI36doOGEFznZATSobzPQEV3QcjZg94HnnoPtixvmOoDQcVgJkPFCjA7GJDYfU211M3oezAmgGno_LinnKqrm7_Gx_94w5wpKZC1V5f7VYJi8z2z73QC0zs130JRyIHbgZJotkZiXVA==&c=kOCqDJNLFaNLFJajmFV6UQMag08u3O735DbqllcGwNt1ArPoAx3S1g==&ch=_Zc4wO1FOYVQZWhrPI0dk9CYgFmbO8r3LJoB9Muc34T2Z2OkK31YHA==" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#315FC3">https://alttext.ai/dashboard/get_started</span></b></a>, and pick the integration you would like to use. For a browser extension,
<i>Chrome </i>and <i>Firefox </i>add-ons are offered. Follow the steps to install your choice. (There is no
<i>Edge</i> at this time.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">When you need to generate ALT text</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (whether you're in the image upload process, or it's already on a page or an email
preview window):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Right-click on the picture</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> and in the window that opens,
<b>select <i>AltText.ai: Get alt text</i></b>. <b>TIP:</b> If it is not showing in the window, scroll down as it may be lower in the list.
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(or going to a different page)
<b><i>wait a few seconds </i></b>for the ALT text to be generated. Be patient, more complicated images can take more time.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Click the
<i>Copy</i> button when the black box appears </span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">at the top of the screen to capture the description and add it to the Alt Text area for the image.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For example,</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> in the image below, I loaded a picture into Constant Contact and, before adding it to the email, put my
cursor on top of the image right-clicked, and chose AltText.ai from the box. <o:p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#315FC3">3. Use Plugins for WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce and More<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For this example, we added the AltText AI plugin for WordPress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">In WordPress, we went to
<i>Plugins</i>, <i>Add New Plugin</i> and found <i>Alt Text AI</i> from our search.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Once it was activated we went to the plugin settings to add the API key to connect to our account and selected the Writing Style and other settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Now, when loading images to the media library</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> (or into a page or post), in the right panel,
click the green <i>Update Alt Text</i> button. Text will be added to the Alt Text box automatically.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">At this time, if you want to make any changes</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> such as reducing the length or adding a special
intent, you can.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1 style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#315FC3">Free Alt Text Generator from Ahrefs.com<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If you only need to create ALT text periodically</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, take a look at this tool from the folks at ahrefs.com. It's kind of
hidden on their site, so bookmark this page, <a href="https://opiayfbab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001o5b5ACHiJJCeX01lLHKOlNZPNKzMHk1FCm42TTvfxkjiI36doOGEFznZATSobzPQaXJFbxGa520_LP7rMW4-HRB72Gxo70YVscHVbRi6QxjkOg6KBaTUngSY1l8YsvYyfog52zTvRkY7pwt3YsQUEmxNHnHrjzibQY07-OT4Hiwlhkhl40YfJhqyfq97OG7H&c=kOCqDJNLFaNLFJajmFV6UQMag08u3O735DbqllcGwNt1ArPoAx3S1g==&ch=_Zc4wO1FOYVQZWhrPI0dk9CYgFmbO8r3LJoB9Muc34T2Z2OkK31YHA==" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#315FC3">https://ahrefs.com/writing-tools/img-alt-text-generator</span></b></a>. Although free, the downfall of this option is that it does not integrate with other platforms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">So, when you want to generate ALT text, go to the link,
<a href="https://opiayfbab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001o5b5ACHiJJCeX01lLHKOlNZPNKzMHk1FCm42TTvfxkjiI36doOGEFznZATSobzPQaXJFbxGa520_LP7rMW4-HRB72Gxo70YVscHVbRi6QxjkOg6KBaTUngSY1l8YsvYyfog52zTvRkY7pwt3YsQUEmxNHnHrjzibQY07-OT4Hiwlhkhl40YfJhqyfq97OG7H&c=kOCqDJNLFaNLFJajmFV6UQMag08u3O735DbqllcGwNt1ArPoAx3S1g==&ch=_Zc4wO1FOYVQZWhrPI0dk9CYgFmbO8r3LJoB9Muc34T2Z2OkK31YHA==" target="_blank">
<b><span style="color:#315FC3">https://ahrefs.com/writing-tools/img-alt-text-generator</span></b></a> and:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Upload
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">your image.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">In the right column choose how many
<i>variants</i> you want to view (number of different descriptions).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Choose the
<i>writing style</i> (formal, friendly, professional).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Click the
<i>Generate Alt Text</i> button.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">View
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</span></span></span><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Copy
</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">the text and paste it into your platform. You can always modify if needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Communication: Talking</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Compliment the action, not the person</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I was without a car
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">It was very sweet and thoughtful of her, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">I wanted to reply</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, not only with an answer to her questions, but to give her a compliment and show my appreciation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">My first instinct
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">was to say,<i> "You're so sweet and thoughtful."
</i>That would be good, wouldn't you agree?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Then my communication skills kicked in and
<b>I remembered, not to praise the person, but rather the action</b>. Why?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Imagine this was said to you:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">"You're so thoughtful."</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">or the alternative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">"That was so thoughtful of you."</span></i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Which feels more comfortable</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">? If you're like most, you may feel that having your essence praised makes you wonder if
you can keep it up. That's a big challenge to be thoughtful all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If your <i>action
</i>is praise</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">d, you realize that you can continue to do things that are "thoughtful". It's repeatable, but not a lifelong expectation of "who you are".
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Catch yourself as you're handing our praise. Give it a twist so that
<b>the action the person did get's the praise.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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