New IPTC metadata standards improve accessibility for visually impaired individuals

The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) hopes to make photos more accessible for people with disabilities, including vision impairment. New IPTC Photo Metadata Standards include a pair of new properties to allow screen reading software to describe visual content. The new properties are Alt Text (Accessibility) and Extended Description (Accessibility). Photographers and editors can embed detailed descriptions into image metadata, which can be accessed and read by screen reading ...