Dr Diana King 🇦🇶🇦🇺♿Dec 3, 2022
FLOSS.social 

📣 On International Day of People with Disabilities, we strengthen our community's resolve to be inclusive for all, and add the following item to our Code of Conduct under behaviors not allowed:

➡️ "Uploading images, audio, or video with Public visibility (appears on Local or Federated timelines) without adding ALT text media descriptions"

⚠️ Effective 1 January, such items may be removed, limited, or other actions taken. We will continue to highlight them as a reminder.

#IDPWD #disability

Dec 3, 2022 at 6:49pmWeb
Show threadFLOSS.social Dec 3, 2022

For instructions on how to add media descriptions to your toots, see this page in the Mastodon documentation site:

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/posting/#edit

Posting to your profile - Mastodon documentation

Sharing your thoughts has never been more convenient.

Show threadFLOSS.social Dec 3, 2022
This policy does not apply to items marked "Unlisted", "Followers only", or "Mentioned people only".
Show threadAntonio Santos 🇵🇹Dec 3, 2022
@admin @ChanceyFleet Are you aware of the existing bugs on AltText and the limitations of captions on the platform?
Show threadFLOSS.social Dec 3, 2022

@Tribo @ChanceyFleet

Yes, of course.

That's no excuse not to do what we can.

Show threadColin-Roy HunterDec 4, 2022
@admin Ensure, prior to any deletion/criticism/reproach that you are certain the poster is not themselves #disabled. There are many #disabilities which preclude the ability to write descriptions. #Accessibility needs clash at times. Tread lightly!
Show threadFLOSS.social Dec 4, 2022
@criquaer Thanks for the great examples of using @\OCRbot@\fedi.lynnesbian.space or similar tools to describe uploaded images. There are indeed many ways it can be done. We are committed to making our individual and collective best efforts to include everyone in our conversations.
Show threadColin-Roy HunterDec 6, 2022
@admin I have several disabilities, physical & mental. They fluctuate quite dramatically. On some days I do not recall to add a description request. I have to one-finger slow-type. Extra writing costs me pain! I iterate: tread lightly or you yourselves will be discriminating!
Show threadsky⁉️Dec 5, 2022
@admin While I am not on your instance and I think this is a really admirable idea, I saw a reference to this in the accessibility tag and wanted to add - I hope you'll make allowances for people with hand and mobility problems who might have trouble or cause themselves pain by typing extra text, or who in some apps might have trouble using the alt text interface. Perhaps asking for a compromise of "please caption" included in the toot?
Show threadLinuxMaster ClubNov 15, 2023
@admin Hi, why not automate this process so that the Mastodon takes the description to the images from the title. It is clear that not all users give the full name to their images, but still such a function would not hurt.