Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Accessible documents & interfaces · Working

Decorative image

ELI5

An image providing no necessary information and therefore usually hidden from assistive technology.

Used in conversation

“The production plan needs to address the decorative image before work begins.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Decorative image” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains access, language adaptation, care, provenance and emerging synthetic-media responsibilities.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.