This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.rstudio.com/blog/knitr-fig-alt
We are happy to share that knitr version 1.32 is now on CRAN. knitr is a package that executes all code embedded within an .Rmd file, and prepares the code output to be displayed within the R Markdown output document.
Latest release You can install the latest version from CRAN:
install.packages("knitr") The latest version of the package includes an important new chunk option to add alternative text to figures produced in code chunks.