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AltText is only for people who can't see properly, they say.
A short and concise alt-text that's reduced to what really matters within the context of a post is enough, they say.
Non-sense, I say. And so do others.
There's more than enough justification for giving full and detailed #
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transcripts of everything written in them and explanations of things which your audience may not know or understand otherwise.
Here are some excerpts from another #
Mastodon thread (
https://mastodon.social/@KydiaMusic/110777644794322792):
A gentle reminder that this is Disability Pride Month—a perfect time to get into the habit of adding ALT text to any pictures you post. There are many sight-impaired individuals who would appreciate it, and even those with excellent vision sometimes need clarity on what is going on in a picture, or what is significant about it. ALT text is also a great opportunity to add more context, humor, or commentary.
*see addendum below
#ALTText #DisabilityPride #Disability #SightImpaired #VisionImpaired @KydiaMusic And if you're an aspiring writer, it's a great chance to work on your skills!
This also goes for screenshots of text. Screen readers see them as images, which means they can't read them. So yep, that means you've gotta type them all out. Sorry, even the long ones.
@KydiaMusic Another benefit of ALT text is that you may be waiting for a slower instance to update an older image, but the ALT-text will let you know if you really need to wait, but telling you what the image is.
@KydiaMusic shout-out to my fellow sighted people who are just really easily confused ?
@KydiaMusic I love alt-text, it's a brilliant feature. It's not only useful to people with screen readers but it's a fun place to be creative and add additional commentary about the image that otherwise wouldn't fit within your instance's character limit.
(Disclaimer: These excerpts were neither hand-typed nor copy-pasted. They were generated semi-automatically by the Share functionality that has been built into #
Hubzilla since it's inception. They are guaranteed to be full, verbatim quotes.)
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