Kate BowlesThat feeling when you click on an image and the alt text is a whole world of its own in detail. Here’s a beautiful example from @moonrabbit.
Gage Hunt"urban grassland"
Freeway Estates Community Orchard - Seattle, WA
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#Panoglitch #artistsonmastodon #Seattle #photography #art #artist #joyofalttext
Freeway Estates Community Orchard - Seattle, WA
(see alt-text for description.. and zoom way in.. lots of detail!)
#Panoglitch #artistsonmastodon #Seattle #photography #art #artist #joyofalttext
"westlake friday"
Westlake Station - Seattle, WA
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#Panoglitch #artistsonmastodon #Seattle #photography #art #artist #joyofalttext
Westlake Station - Seattle, WA
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#Panoglitch #artistsonmastodon #Seattle #photography #art #artist #joyofalttext
Stefan Bohacek@deilann @JEkis It's never too late!
I know some folks also use #JoyOfAltText and #AltTextAwards, and I've introduced #AltTextHallOfFame, which others have also used. And a few people also notify my account @alttexthalloffame, which I use to promote good alt text.
Claire Barnes@jendefer @kate Thanks for these examples of #GreatAltText & the intro to hashtag #JoyOfAltText!
Glad to have discovered both #AltText & photos @handmade_ghost ... 🙏
Creek crossings are a thing in our community because we are on a coastal strip between an escarpment and the ocean. Every path (from roads to social paths) negotiates with the multiple water channels that run down to the sea.
Informal creek crossings don’t have to be fancy. Mostly they’re like this: a little something that helps everyone walk the beach without getting wet shoes. They pop up everywhere.
It’s social gifting: small hope-ful action.
In the community where I live there’s a winding path that cuts through densely overgrown scrub to the beach. At one point the path meets a little creek and many people could jump over it.
Over the past 20 years, many little informal bridges have been built, and when they give way someone replaces them. This lets kids on bikes and others who can’t jump use the path. The latest is magnificent, we’re all in awe. Someone came down with power tools after the big floods and did this. We’re all benefiting.
This is the #JoyOfAltText to me: if you have the resources and make a bridge (simple or complex, depending on what you’ve got to give) everyone gets to use the path.
"space back here"
Bar House - Seattle, WA
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#Panoglitch #artistsonmastodon #Seattle #photography #art #artist #joyofalttext
Bar House - Seattle, WA
(see alt-text for description.. and zoom way in.. lots of detail!)
#Panoglitch #artistsonmastodon #Seattle #photography #art #artist #joyofalttext
Just adding to this because people are sharing it and in case you don’t know: if you add #alt4me to your post because you haven’t the spoons or language for any reason to add a description for your image, someone can do it for you.
If your image is a screenshot, you can often grab the text from it—your photo app is eager to do this for you.
And if someone comes across your image without a description they can write a description and add #ALT4you.
Tiny sociable innovations and the #JoyOfAltText.
Kenneth