Hello, I'm here to seek out a community of other #Disabled people and accomplices.
I'm working to build a non-profit tool to make alt text easier, and I want to connect with folks who can help guide that project toward a useful start.
I've built a proof of concept, but getting it further will take building community. I'm #Autistic, and networking does not come easy to me. Boosting this is an immense help.
More information at https://alt-text.org
@hannah
(Possibly you already thought of this.)
- this has user-submitted content being spread to an amplified audience. It's going to need active moderation (that scales with its use) and can't be just a passive programmatically-automated tool.
- alt-text is contextual, to its use and to its audience. It will probably need to have multiple options present for selection.
... but maybe not if social media use in particular is the goal, like if you're doing a webpage/news story you're putting in enough effort that alt-text-ing it yourself isn't significantly more?
... but maybe still, people use things differently in social media, there isn't always one single use of an image.
... but maybe there's a notably Most Common use.
(... but should the fact that an image can get used in multiple languages be considered?)
Hannah Kolbeck 🏳️⚧️
Gadfly (-booq-)