# Encourage/enforce adding image descriptions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-enforce-adding-image-descriptions/166017>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** composer, ai\
**Created:** [October 2, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-enforce-adding-image-descriptions/166017 "2020-10-02T14:11:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-enforce-adding-image-descriptions/166017/14 "2024-10-29T19:52:13Z")

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That’s something, but I’d still like to see a prompt for authors on non-AI-enabled forums.

(Not to pick on Discourse AI, but so far I’m not a fan of AI alt text in general, as I’ve seen it provide really banal and/or inaccurate content that ignores context. AI may have a place in things like bulk operations on large back-catalogs. But in an article or a conversation, I’d rather have the author compose alt text that expresses the narrative point of the image, not just a visual description.)

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