Usage

Decorative images are ignored by the screenreader.

Is this image decorative or informative?

If the image is included for purely stylistic purposes and doesn’t impart meaning to the rest of the content on the page, then the image is likely decorative.

Stock images of people are not decorative.

If the image conveys important meaning and no other text on the page explains the content within it, then use informative image.

Apple HIG

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