Image Alt Text Viewer

Name: Image Alt Text Viewer
Rating: 4.4375 (16 reviews)
Author: Andreas Nylin

Display alternative texts for images on a web page.

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Image Alt Text Viewer is a handy Chrome extension designed to enhance web accessibility and improve your browsing experience. It allows users to display all alternative texts (alt texts) for images on any web page instantly. This is particularly useful for accessibility testers, web developers, and anyone interested in content quality.

Beyond displaying existing alt texts, the extension also highlights images that lack alternative text or have missing alt-attributes. This feature helps identify accessibility issues, making it easier to ensure web content meets best practices for inclusive design.

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Version:

1.3 Last updated: 2024-10-14

Creation date:

2020-06-18

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Permissions:

activeTab
scripting

Size:

17.67KB

Email:

an*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Data ingested on:

2025-07-12

Ranking

# 3,408 ▲ 19

Other rankings

#1021 in Accessibility ▲ 2 #8 in image keyword 73 ▲ 3 #15 in viewer keyword 73 ▼ 1 #285 in web page keyword 72 ▼ 3

User reviews

Users find the Image Alt Text Viewer extension helpful and easy to use for viewing alt text on images, appreciating the time it saves. Common issues include incorrect alt text display on image sliders, particularly showing the first image's alt text for all slides, and minor tag inconsistencies with SVG images. Users also desire expanded functionality beyond alt text, such as showing aria-labels and other accessibility attributes, along with UI improvements and multi-tab activation features.

Pros

Effectively displays alt text for images, saving users time.
Simple and easy to use; works well with a click on the toolbar icon.
Helpful and appreciated by users seeking alt text information.
Provides instructions for setup and usage, including access to local files.
Reliable and fulfills its primary purpose as an alt text viewer.

Cons

Issue with image sliders: displays alt text of the first image for all images in the slider.
Inconsistency around SVG tags, specifically expecting <descr> instead of correct <desc> tag.
User interface shows 'Short alt text:' prefix, which some users find unnecessary.
Lacks support for other accessibility attributes like aria-labels to mimic true screen reader experience.
No functionality to activate the extension across all open tabs at once.

Recent reviews

Does what it says on the box!

Wo*****, 2025-07-09

Works well. Could be nice to remove "Short alt text: " though showing only the actual alt text without this line

An*****, 2024-11-25

It seems to want a <descr> tag on svg files, but I believe the correct tag is <desc>

St*****, 2024-06-06

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Image Alt Text Viewer does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Risk likelihood

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Image Alt Text Viewer has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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