# Copy Alt Text

> Adds a context menu option to copy image alt text to the clipboard.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-alt-text](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-alt-text)

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy-alt-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** easrng
- **Category:** photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 218
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Rating:** 4.43 / 5 (7 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2024-03-21
- **First published:** 2022-06-07
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-alt-text/)

## Description

Copy Alt Text is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by adding a context menu option that lets you quickly copy the alt text of any image directly to your clipboard. This functionality makes it easier for developers, content creators, and accessibility testers to grab descriptive text from images without hassle.

The extension is lightweight and user-friendly, integrating seamlessly into your browser's context menu. Additionally, its source code is openly available on GitHub, promoting transparency and allowing for community contributions or customizations. Whether you're working on web accessibility or need quick access to image descriptions, Copy Alt Text is a handy tool to have at your fingertips.

## Rankings

- #7,900 — Overall
- #156 — speech to text
- #184 — summarize text
- #189 — context menu
- #198 — ali

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `notifications`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-alt-text)