What’s one reason authors should add alt text to images and charts?

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It indicates where to place the file.
It indicates where to place the file.

It helps them print properly.
It helps them print properly.

Images sometimes load improperly.
Images sometimes load improperly.

It helps compress the file size.

Answer 1

One reason authors should add alt text to images and charts is that images sometimes load improperly. Alt text provides a description of the image so that, if the image fails to load, readers can still understand the content and context of the image or chart.