[Athen] Image Alt Tags

[Emily Singer Lucio via athen-list]

I am working with our social media tem and some questions came up about
tagging images.  If you have any insights, I would really appreciate it.

   - A while back I was told to write acronyms in alt text like "U-M-D" to
   make sure they're read aloud correctly. Is this still best practice?
      - Is there a recommended way to approach acronyms that are pronounced
      as words? E.g. for one of the Athletics photos, "SECU" is typically
      pronounced "See-kyu"
      - On the flip side -- For branded phrases that are typically
   presented in all-caps for emphasis, should we deliberately lowercase them
   so that screenreaders don't get confused and think it's an acronym? E.g.
   "Next NOW Fest"
   - Is there a best approach to dates? Would both "November 18, 2025" and
   "11/18/25" be read aloud correctly?
   - Is there a best approach to rankings numbers? E.g. would "#16" and
   "No. 16" both be read as "Number 16," or would we need to spell out "Number
   16" for that to work?




Respectfully,

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