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2026-03-17 04:32:28

arcadiagt5@mstdn.social

OK, so I post a LOT of anime screenshots here. And I TRY to put in decent #alttext. But I sometimes worry that I’m not doing a good enough job of that. So, if you’ve ever looked at my various images, in your opinion, the Alt Text was…

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Fine. Keep doing what you’re doing

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Not bad but I’ll leave a comment with some tips

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What even are you doing? You should be…

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2026-03-17 10:07:15

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Arcadiagt5 One thing you should really avoid is line breaks in alt-text.

That's because alt-texts outside the Fediverse are always short and concise and not the extensive descriptions that are common on Mastodon. Hence, screen readers expect alt-texts to always be one paragraph each. Whenever there's a new paragraph, at least some of them think it's a new alt-text for a new image.

This is bad because screen readers tend to announce images and therefore start alt-texts by speaking, "Graphic" or something like that. But if your alt-text has multiple paragraphs, the screen reader will say, "Graphic," at the beginning of each paragraph.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #FediTips