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WCAG coverage · Perceivable

Image descriptions (alt text)

WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text Content · AAI + HUMANAUTOMATIC

What the rule requires

Every image that carries meaning needs a written description a screen reader can announce. Purely decorative images must be hidden from assistive technology instead — describing them is as harmful as skipping a chart.

How Proof clears it

  1. Finds every image — including ones the document never registered in its structure, which other tools simply can’t see.

  2. AI drafts a description for each, shown right next to the actual image, so review takes seconds.

  3. Your reviewer confirms — image by image, or drafting a whole document at once and skimming the batch.

  4. Junk is cleared automatically: empty “ghost” figures are removed without review, and a quality gate blocks lazy descriptions like “image” from ever passing.

What to expect

A person approves every description — that’s what makes the result defensible in an audit. Drafting runs on Proof’s own local inference; your documents never leave the platform.

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DRAFTED LOCALLY · HUMAN APPROVES EVERY DESCRIPTION
AI DRAFT

“Bar chart showing program enrollment rising from 12,400 in 2023 to 19,100 in 2025.”

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Regenerate
quality gate rejects degenerate alt (“image”, filenames)

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