I hadn't realized just how much of the online #blind community had migrated from Twitter to Mastodon. That gives added oomph to the need to use #AltText on our images (as well as CamelCase on hashtags).

https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-to-organisations-engaging-with-the-online-blind-community-twitter-has-abandoned-us-many-of-us-have-abandoned-twitter-join-us-on-mastodon-8ead4746

h/t @JonathanMosen #accessability #a11y

An open letter to organisations engaging with the online blind community. Twitter has abandoned us, many of us have abandoned Twitter, join us on Mastodon

@jeridansky @JonathanMosen I've been trying hard to provide it for my main posts but usually for flippant comments I'll forget.
@skotchygut If you want any more encouragement to keep remembering, here's someone explaining how much the descriptive text means to her blind mom: https://home.social/@cheetahmarie/109911610637011866
Cheetahmarie (@[email protected])

Ok, so there is much discussion about the alt text on pictures. My mom is legally blind. As she has gotten older her sight is almost gone. She LIVES on the computer and to say she gets excited when special attention is paid for the blind is a great understatement. Please use alt text and describe the pictures you post. Describe it as if you had your eyes closed and the only link to the outside world is what a kind soul took an extra 5 minutes to type. Come on, do it, make someone’s day.#AltText

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