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every image tells a story. we describe yours.

Female peace protester offers a flower to military police at the Pentagon during 1967 anti-Vietnam demonstration.

A watchful polar bear and her two young cubs in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

Astronaut James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity at the Hadley-Apennine landing site on the moon, 31 July 1971.

Orville Wright takes to the air in his flying machine on the sands of Kitty Hawk on 17 December, 1903. His borther Wilbur can be seen running beside the machine.

A Navy seaman kisses a woman in Times Square on 14 August, 1945, Victory in Japan day.

U, S soldiers storm the beaches at Omaha, beach, Normandy at part of the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944.

The U, S, S Los Angeles zeppelin flies high above the skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York City, 1930.

WHAT IS THE USE OF A BOOK

WITHOUT PICTURES?

thought Alice.

At textBOX we agree with Alice. That's why we describe images for a living. We tell the story of every image and we'd love to help to tell the story of yours.

We hope you enjoy exploring our website and remember we are available through the looking glass at hello@textboxdigital.com.

An illustration of Alice falling down the rabbit hole.

read about Alice's Adventures in Alt-Text Land

our services

Alt-text writing

explore focus | LOCUS

We apply our unique focus|LOCUS method to writing high-quality, user-friendly alt-text + image descriptions for every type of content provider.

Discover

explore discover

Accessibility meets discoverability with alt-text designed specifically to tell the story of your website content.

searchBOX

explore searchBOX

searchBOX is a free contact directory of 7,000+ publishers, ebook platforms, universities + digital providers created by textBOX to help librarians and disability service officers source accessible content + accessibility statements.

ASPIRE

explore ASPIRE

The ASPIRE service provides content providers with testing and accreditation for your accessibility statements.

Described

explore Described

Described is the textBOX guide to image description. It provides comprehensive guidance for creating consistent, quality image descriptions for your visual content.

telling images

explore telling images

Want to learn more about how to write or assess image description? We can help you with a bespoke seminar focused on your requirements.

testimonials

I must congratulate textBOX for doing such an excellent job. The transcription is accurate and readable, detailed and consistent, and it draws the reader into the story as told by images and words together.

The collaboration with textBOX has been a pleasure and will enable all of our students to enjoy and understand this novel in its entirety.

Dr Francesca Benatti | Open University

Client: The Open University
Project: Stardust by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess

lunchBOX interviews

Have you ever wanted to know more about the accessibility experts in the industry? Even their lunch preferences? Then lunchBOX, the new interview feature from textBOX, might be just for you.

20 questions. 20 answers. Lunchtime reading. Served.

Click the logos below to explore our recent interviews with Cambridge University Press, the Swansea University Transcription Centre, Kogan Page, DAISY Consortium and SUPC.

Learn more about our ASPIRE verification service for accessibility statements and read the accessibility stories of content providers.

explore the ASPIRElists

The ASPIRElists enable universities to assess the quality of accessibility statements across the publishing industry + ensure compliance with legislation. Click the links below to explore the reviews of publishers + ebook platforms.

ASPIRElist | PUBLISHERS

ASPIRElist | PLATFORMS