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author: Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net> · 2025-11-14T23:53:19Z

add alt-text to aerc-macos images
 content/blog/2025-11-02-aerc-macos.org | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/blog/2025-11-02-aerc-macos.org b/content/blog/2025-11-02-aerc-macos.org
index b1a6e5d..30ec6a7 100644
--- a/content/blog/2025-11-02-aerc-macos.org
+++ b/content/blog/2025-11-02-aerc-macos.org
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #+slug: aerc-macos
 
 #+caption: aerc-mail
+#+attr_html: :alt An image of aerc with an email opened in the reader window.
 https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20251102-aerc-macos/read.webp
 
 Shout-out to [[https://baty.net/posts/2025/10/using-aerc-for-email/][Jack Baty]] for inspiring me to write about my =aerc-mail= client
@@ -395,21 +396,26 @@ Personally, I keep aerc running in a terminal at all times, since it has the
 operation to ring a bell when a new message arrives.
 
 #+caption: Notification
+#+attr_html: :alt An image of the bell notification on macOS from aerc.
 [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20251102-aerc-macos/notification.webp]]
 
 The mailbox views and composition screens are fairly standard, but it does a
 great job at displaying information effectively.
 
 #+caption: Inbox
+#+attr_html: :alt An image of the aerc inbox view.
 [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20251102-aerc-macos/inbox.webp]]
 
 #+caption: Compose Message
+#+attr_html: :alt An image of Emacs being used as the composition window for aerc.
 [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20251102-aerc-macos/compose.webp]]
 
 #+caption: Send Message
+#+attr_html: :alt An image of the aerc commands to send an email.
 [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20251102-aerc-macos/send.webp]]
 
 #+caption: Read Message
+#+attr_html: :alt An image of an email opened in aerc's reading window.
 [[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20251102-aerc-macos/read.webp]]
 
 All in all, I love aerc and far prefer it to my previous client (neomutt). In