Image Description Specialist

Job Description

The Alt Text Writer ensures accessibility for sight-impaired learners or learners who are unable to visually identify images by writing accurate and descriptive alt text (alternative text) that can be read by a screen reader. The successful candidate will have working knowledge of WCAG 2.0 guidelines and experience writing alt text for images to improve digital accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Write alt text for all images in a lesson and edit existing alt text as needed.
• Write/generate Aria labels for equations and MathML.
• Record all alt text, whether newly written or pre-existing, in an agreed-upon format.
• Use AI-based alt text generation tools responsibly to support alt text creation.
• Use the provided project management tools to track and record work status.
• Review alt text for accessibility, make revisions as needed, and record changes.
• Copyedit to ensure gramm...