What is the purpose of alt?

Answer 1

Alt attribute specifies text to be displayed if for some reason the browser cannot show the image.

Answer 2

alt define alternative text which is displayed when the picture cannot be displayed for some reason - bad net connection, ...

Answer 3

it describes a text if the image is unavailable

Answer 4

it's clearly mentioned that if the image can't be loaded at that moment, so instead of the image an (alternate) text will appear in that place. for alternate a short for alt is used. hope it helps.

Answer 5

the alt is for a description of the image if for some reason the image could not load.it's more or less like a back up plan

Answer 6

at attribute shows a text instead of image in case the image isn't Loaded
it is used as an attribute in the <img> tag

Answer 7

additionally, alt tag is also useful for search engines bots to index the image while crawling the website. so it is considerable while developing the website to have all images with unique alt tag on html side...

Answer 8

In case the image fails to render, the value of the alt attribute will appear in substitution of the image.

Answer 9

It is used to differentiate among #ome set of a similar contents by making it specific

Answer 10

it specifies an alternate text that describes the image in words

Answer 11

It can be read to a person who is blind by narrator program

Answer 12

it is an attribute of img tag which is displayed if the image doesn't load due to some error

Answer 13

alt is used when image does not load

Answer 14

It's also what a browser reader uses when "reading" images

Answer 15

Let's the browser no an alternative option if img is un-available to load..

Answer 16

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Answer 17

alternatively you use onError="this.src='path_to_default_image_or_placeholder';". This will load the default image when the image is not loaded or unavailable.