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2023-09-06 21:27:41

ml@ecoevo.social

#a11y #AltText

Every once in a while sighted people say that alt text/image description should be automated - there should be a bank of generic descriptions. I'm not really for that and here's why: A plant scientist would have a very different description of this photo. If you can create text, you can create alt text/image description.

EDIT: While the point stands, I used a poor example. That insect had me fooled into thinking it was a winter twig as I didn't look closely enough!

2023-09-07 00:48:40

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Megan Lynch (she/her) I'd never expect a machine to be capable of even correctly identifying as much in my images as myself, much less describing and explaining it correctly. My images are usually very niche.

And a machine will most likely never be able to transcribe text that's illegible to the point of being almost invisible. Given the right circumstances, I can do that, and I've done so in the past.

#ImageDescription #AltText #Accessibility #A11y