- Model: Float carries AltText (title, decorative; the description of shapes and groups);
InlineObject::alt_text/set_alt_text/is_decorative; TableProps.description. Capped input.
- DOCX: wp:docPr / pic:cNvPr / wps:cNvPr descr, title and the [MS-ODRAWXML] adec:decorative
extension read and written for pictures, shapes, text boxes, groups and members, charts;
OLE objects get their alt text in the kept XML; w:tblCaption + w:tblDescription.
- Commands: object.altText {text?, title?, decorative?} (picture.altText kept as alias),
table.altText {title?, text?}, view.accessibilityPane, view.altTextPane.
- Checker (cmd/accessibility.rs): alt text on every object and table (decorative passes),
heading order, header rows, blank table rows/columns, merged cells, WCAG contrast,
floating objects, blank paragraphs; issues carry pos/select and fix actions.
- UI: Accessibility pane (grouped, jump-to, fix buttons), Alt Text pane, Picture/Shape
Format > Accessibility > Alt Text, right-click > View Alt Text...; strings in all catalogs.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Brandon Thomas <echelon@gmail.com>
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