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Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good.

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Summary

GitHub released a plugin for its Accessibility Scanner that checks whether alt text is genuinely accessible, not just passing automated checks.

Key facts

  • GitHub built a plugin for the GitHub Accessibility Scanner.
  • The plugin targets alt text quality.
  • The announcement appeared on the GitHub Blog on 2026-08-24.

Why it matters

Teams relying on automated accessibility checks may be shipping alt text that passes those checks but still fails users, so this plugin adds a quality check to the existing scanner.

Companies

Technologies

  • GitHub Accessibility Scannerproduct

Original sources (1)

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  1. GitHub BlogOfficial · Primary
    Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good. · By Taarik Ashenafi
    Read at GitHub Blog
Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good. — Crest of Tech