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Guideline 1.1 compels us to provide text alternatives for any non-text content so that it can be changed into other forms people need, such as large print, braille, speech, symbols or simpler language.

To meet this guideline, mAuthor makes it possible to add descriptions to images.
Addons such as Image, Image Identification, Zoom Image and Image Source have a dedicated property in which you can define the text alternative.

An Image can also be added in the following addons: Choice, Connection, Feedback, Heading, Ordering, Table and Text. To add a text alternative to an image in one of these addons, you just need to open the HTML Editor (or Items Editor) for this addon and double click on an image. This will open a window in which you can put the text alternative.

With mAuthor it is possible to deliver content with accessible formulas. The way to provide accessibility is adding a proper aria-label for a fragment of text containing the formula. Thanks to this option, you can make sure that all formulas are read properly.

To add a text alternative to a fragment of text, you just need to open the HTML Editor for the addon containing the text, select it and click the + icon. This will open a window in which you can put the text alternative.

You can also just use the \alt{text_shown|text_read}[lang lang_attribute] syntax and "text_shown" will be displayed (it can also be a LaTeX formula) and “text_read” will be read in the language defined by the lang_attribute.