Image has no recognised text alternative
ShipReady found one or more static HTML img elements without an alt attribute or another recognised accessible-name signal.
Why it matters
A text alternative can help people using screen readers understand meaningful image content while an empty alt can intentionally mark decoration.
How ShipReady detects it
What it inspects
ShipReady examines static, successfully fetched, untruncated HTML img elements.
What triggers a finding
The rule triggers when an img has no alt attribute and is not marked presentation or none, aria-hidden true, aria-label, or aria-labelledby.
What the evidence shows
The scanner observed the reported number of img elements without one of its recognised text-alternative signals. It reports a count and a shortened source sample.
Limits of this check
ShipReady does not render client-side changes, determine image meaning, inspect a computed accessibility tree, or perform a complete WCAG or assistive-technology audit. A missing alt attribute alone does not determine whether an image is decorative or meaningful.
How to fix it
Classify each image by purpose
Write concise alt text for meaningful images and use an empty alt only when the image is genuinely decorative in its context.
How to verify the change
Review the deployed markup and experience
Inspect affected image markup and test representative pages with the accessibility tools and assistive technologies appropriate to the product.
Expected: Meaningful images have an appropriate text alternative and decorative images are intentionally hidden from the reading order.