# Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn't mean it's any good.

DevFeed: [Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn't mean it's any good.](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/your-alt-text-passes-automated-checks-that-doesn-t-mean-it-s-any-good-19853.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/engineering/user-experience/your-alt-text-passes-automated-checks-that-doesnt-mean-its-any-good/>)

Author: Taarik Ashenafi

Published: 2026-08-24T20:56:32Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github.md>)

Topics: [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [alt text](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/alt-text.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [alt-text](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alt-text.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [false-positives](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/false-positives.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>), [scanner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scanner.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains a GitHub Accessibility Scanner plugin for evaluating alt text. It distinguishes deterministic checks that automated tools can prove from contextual quality judgments that may require a model and image context.

## Source excerpt

We built a plugin for the GitHub Accessibility Scanner to make sure your alt text is actually accessible. Here's how it works. The post Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn't mean it's any good. appeared first on The GitHub Blog.