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ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting <br />features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

2024-03-02 17:12:06

alttexthalloffame@mastodon.social

Reposting this amazing mini-guide on how to write helpful alt text created by @Veron4ica (source: https://veroniiiica.com/how-to-write-alt-text-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/) and found via @karengregory (including Karen's original image description) so that I can pin it.

#AltText #ImageDescription #accessibility #a11y

2024-04-07 18:03:40

noodlejetski :verified_gay:

noodlejetski@masto.ai

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory I'm just happy that such photo exists

2024-04-07 18:15:40

Stefan Bohacek

stefan@stefanbohacek.online

@alttexthalloffame It's a long shot, but -- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27731#issuecomment-2041518559

#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescription

2024-04-08 07:33:02

Richie Rich

RichieRich@hessen.social

@alttexthalloffame Das ist ein guter Tipp! Danke @svenja für's Boosten. ?

2024-04-10 17:58:13

Lizzie

Lizette603_23@mastodon.social

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory excellent share!

2024-04-10 19:33:13

Leo Fosse on Mastodon

FosseLeo@urbanists.social

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory

You had me at "capybara". I loves me some capybaras.

2024-04-10 19:35:51

einfachnurRoland

einfachnurRoland@nrw.social

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory So anschaulich erklärt, verstehe sogar ich das. ?

Im Ernst: erklärt einige Punkte, die ich schon immer fragen wollte. ?

2024-04-11 08:58:57

Tane Piper ⁂

tanepiper@tane.codes

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory @tbroyer Hah I used this very image in my argument for how we should do content modelling with assets and that alt-text is nothing to do with captions but is the textual asset for the media item. It's a great example.

2024-04-11 19:54:09

Alan is @cogdog 🇨🇦

cogdog@cosocial.ca

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory Thanks this is amazingly amazing useful as a reference to share.

I do wish more apps provided direct access to alt-text for copy/pasting (beyond ferreting from browser inspector), e.g. here in mastodon web, I can only see alt text as hover, why cant I easily get to it? I can only see as hover text.

2024-04-12 09:40:30

France More

DimitriFayolle@piaille.fr

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory Can't get bored of this capybara picture tho.

2024-04-12 17:28:39

GoodNewsGreyShoes🔞(on hiatus)

GoodNewsGreyShoes@mastodon.art

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory YES! ? This is so good!! Thank you for making this ?

Is there some way to nominate users or posts that have exceptionally well-written ALT text? I'd love to shine a brighter light on the people who go out of their way to make their posts accessible!

2024-04-15 01:30:34

illogical

illogical@social.vivaldi.net

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory Brilliant alt text writing guide and accompanying illustration.

2024-04-30 22:51:34

INPC

mxtthxw@mxtthxw.art

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory Wow I always thought they were oranges!

Alt text means we all win.

2024-05-01 15:10:43

Alt Text Hall of Fame

alttexthalloffame@mastodon.social

As some pointed out, the example alt text could be improved for folks not too familiar with capybaras, or yuzu fruits.

Something like this might work:

"A capybara, a large rodent animal with brown fur, sitting in water, with its head poking out, looking relaxed.

Yellow yuzu fruits, a citrus fruit similar to lemons, are floating in the water, and one is balanced on top of the capybara's head."

Still, very much following this guide. Good reminder to always keep your audience in mind!

2024-05-19 13:11:46

Alt Text Hall of Fame

alttexthalloffame@mastodon.social

? https://masto.ai/@noodlejetski/112466517126335705

2024-07-24 16:56:50

Cavyherd

cavyherd@wandering.shop

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory

Needs a good acronym, though. Almost works out to IDIC, which would be a good mnemonic, but that "e" gets in the way.

2024-07-27 22:12:39

MrC

ScotttSee@mastodon.sdf.org

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory I've seen people say not to describe the medium? ie don't say "photo of..." or "drawing of...".

Is that useful information to include? I don't want to assume what I think would be useful would actually be useful to include.

Thanks

2025-05-06 20:58:40

Lisseuse

Lisseuse@fnordon.de

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory @lappenjammer I put this on our social media structure board for everyone in the team to find.

2025-06-12 23:27:36

Miss Megaphon

megaphon@mastodon.social

Hey look @LoganFive!

A Capybarabara with a Yuzuzu!

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory

2025-06-13 16:32:44

jan Ki | 奇 :nonbinary_flag:

ki@chaos.social

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory
sorry for struggling with expression in particular

2026-01-10 21:17:43

Alt Text Hall of Fame

alttexthalloffame@mastodon.social

Another great resource!

https://www.kwbell.eu/mastonotes/alt-text-for-mastodon-images/

Via https://mastodon.scot/@decembr14/110170135034900459

#AltText #accessibility #ImageDescription

2026-04-11 00:57:20

bituur esztreym

bituur_esztreym@pouet.chapril.org

@alttexthalloffame @karengregory @Veron4ica
oh thanks a lot!

2026-04-11 09:54:43

jdb

jdb@birdon.social

@alttexthalloffame @ChrisMayLA6 @karengregory @Veron4ica
Hi, Alt text is a nice feature.

I noticed that for me too it is useful because if you want your description to be meaningfull, you have to structure things first.

Whenever I post a picture of my garden, I do it like yiu would describe the scene at the theater :

1) general view - left-right, front-back of my garden,
2) the subject of the picture, i.e my compost stack and what surrounds it.

Alt text is another perspective of your post.