I've set up my front end to use the alt text set on multimedia assets in the Media Library so that editors can reuse images without having to worry about re-setting the alt text and copyright info every time. That's great, but I'm wondering how that works for i18n. If I have a post in English and wa…

Hey Justin! You can add unique Alt texts to images between languages. You just need to write the desired. alt text below the Image field while editing your documents. This will override the one set in the metadata. [image] Image Alt Tag Process How do I add an alt tag in Prismic? How do …

The provided solution is only a work-around. You really want to store the alt text of an image in different languages with the image and not with the document.

Hi Peter, Currently, there is no other way to do this. How are you imaging the alt text would be stored with the image in the media library? What would be your ideal solution? Thanks.

Hi Phil, I understand, but it would be good to add this to the feature request list similar to a few other requests related to language support. As I said, in an ideal solution, you want to manage the alt text in the media library. Currently the media library only supports one alt text which isn't …

OK, that's a really clear solution thank you. I can see how this would make your editing process faster. I really like this idea. I've added a feature tag here and I'll this to our tracker. For the moment this isn't in the team's roadmap and isn't being worked on. If/when that ever changes or the t…

Is there any news on Prismic supporting multiple languages for image alt text?

Hello @peter2 , this isn't implemented yet. But you can always add a specific alt tag to your translations. Images are individual to each document so adding a unique alt to each one overrides the one setup in the media library.

You suggested this already in the initial response, but my opinion hasn't changed. You really don't want to manage alt text for images with the document, but with the image.

I understand. This is the alternative that exists at the moment. I'll add your comment to the feature request.

I18n for Media Assets Alternative Text

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I18n for Media Assets Alternative Text

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