# 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") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 21
### 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: [January 14, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-enforce-adding-image-descriptions/166017/21 "2026-01-14T11:19:23Z")
Noting that AI alt-text was disabled in July 2025: > [@Is there any way to permanently disable AI captions as a user?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-permanently-disable-ai-captions-as-a-user/371257/6?silent=true): > > I think this is resolved, in that we pulled the feature for now. Automatic captioning needs a rethink and we needed a breather to rethink the feature. It is a wonderful feature for search, it is great to be able to type with:images cat and find all the cat pictures. However the collateral damage here of causing confusing and over long captions is not worth it. We are thinking of ways to enhance the metadata (and handle history) without impacting the user experience. Additionally, this “extra… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encourage-enforce-adding-image-descriptions/166017)._