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Jackal Pack Gay (Suzi)Hey y'all, CAPTION YOUR IMAGES, INCLUDING YOUR TEXT HEAVY IMAGES (there's even a button to do the text capture for you! All you have to do is make a TEENY effort!). And if you don't have time or spoons, use the hashtag # alt4me to get someone to help out in replies. (Then you can edit the text in, btw.) #CaptionYourImages #accessibility #InclusiveAccess
@ellesaurus Or your can follow @PleaseCaption and they will nudge you every time you pay an image or video without a caption. #AltText #CaptionYourMedia #captionyourimages
VincentSeeing bots like @PleaseCaption I have decided to modify my MastoCloud code to provide an "ALT" text file that can be added to the ALT of the image you post for those that need it.
The new version is now live on my Github!
https://github.com/vwillcox/MastoCloud
#AltText #LetsBeInclusive #PleaseCaptionYourToots
#MastoCloud
#Mastodon
#CaptionYourImages
OblomovI just realized that the good habit to #CaptionYourImages on the #Fediverse is providing excellent training material for scrapers by MidJourney and the like 8-/
John BealesAchievement last week: Released an update to Gallery Captions for WooCommerce, my WooCommerce extension for adding captions to images in product galleries: https://woocommerce.com/products/gallery-captions-for-woocommerce/
When I'm on mobile, the lack of captions on images is particularly unnerving due to the small amount of screen space available. Doubly more so when it's a barely legible small font wall of text.
Seriously people, #captionYourImages. It's low effort high return. I understand that some of you may have a physical disability that makes it hard or painful to type out a lot of text, but I seriously doubt that's the case for most of you.
Clayton Slaughter@clayrivers @Alikufogo it’s a cool creative fun act to write detailed image captions for those without them in your timeline. #CaptionYourImages #CamelCaseYourTags
I must admit, some images challenged my description capabilities 🙃
Suzy HUntil I joined Mastodon, I hadn’t realised why people described their photos - I thought it was just a bit arty farty. Then I found out why they do it and I do it too now (unless I forget!). As well as helping visually impaired people to experience the photos, I also enjoy finding the words to describe my photos. #Blindnessandvisualimpairment #visuals #inclusion #captionyourimages
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Dear Tor Project,
There are more #blind #screenreader users on Mastodon than you might expect. So, can you please consider adding descriptions to your images? It can not only be helpful for visual impaired people, but also for #autistic folks who sometimes find the context helpful, and for anyone with a low bandwith connection or strict dataplan who doesn't want to load the images. Or for people who don't want to use a GUI for mastodon and prefer a terminal client.
Some instances offer automatic #OCR which can help grab any text in your image, though proofreading is still important. You can also follow @PleaseCaption to be reminded whenever you post an image without captioning it.
And don't worry, a highly detailed description or fancy writing, while always nice, is definitely not required. Something is nearly always better than nothing when it comes to alt text.
Thank you for reading. :)
#captionyourimages
#a11y
#accessibility
@fsfe
Dear Free Software Foundation Europe,
There are more #blind #screenreader users on Mastodon than you might expect. So, can you please consider adding descriptions to your images? It can not only be helpful for visual impaired people, but also for #autistic folks who sometimes find the context helpful, and for anyone with a low bandwith connection or strict dataplan who doesn't want to load the images. Or for people who don't want to use a GUI for mastodon and prefer a terminal client.
Some instances offer automatic #OCR which can help grab any text in your image, though proofreading is still important. You can also follow @PleaseCaption to be reminded whenever you post an image without captioning it.
And don't worry, a highly detailed description or fancy writing, while always nice, is definitely not required. Something is nearly always better than nothing when it comes to alt text.
Thank you for reading. :)
#captionyourimages
#a11y
#accessibility