Stefan BohacekQuestion for #blind #VisuallyImpaired folks, what kind of image descriptions do you prefer?
Short, to the point
As detailed as possible
Add a little whimsy!
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Yvonne Frindle@stefan My challenge is that most of my images are visual art (sketches in different media), and I worry that my descriptions are too long, because I'm trying to convey not just the subject matter/composition but also the medium/artistic technique/treatment.
Jupiter Rowland@Yvonne Frindle @Stefan Bohacek Yes, some kinds of images actually require enormous #ImageDescriptions if done properly.
My images are from #VirtualWorlds. They show places which practically nobody is familiar with, which therefore have to be described, and they show lots and lots of things in these places which practically nobody is familiar with, which therefore need even more description.
On top of that, I have to explain everything that the average #Fediverse user is unfamiliar with, and that can be a lot again.
In fact, I don't describe my images by what can be seen in the image itself at the resolution at which it's posted. I describe them by what's actually there within the frame of the image, and I look around in-world rather than in the image.
Also, they say that if there's text in the image, it has to be transcribed. I've extended that: If there's text anywhere in the area shown in the image, it has to be transcribed, regardless of whether it's legible in the image or not. So there could also be quite a number of text transcriptions in my image descriptions.
If an image is extremely detailed, I may put more characters into one #ImageDescription than other users put into all image descriptions of two weeks or even a whole month. But nobody has complained about that yet.
My images are from #VirtualWorlds. They show places which practically nobody is familiar with, which therefore have to be described, and they show lots and lots of things in these places which practically nobody is familiar with, which therefore need even more description.
On top of that, I have to explain everything that the average #Fediverse user is unfamiliar with, and that can be a lot again.
In fact, I don't describe my images by what can be seen in the image itself at the resolution at which it's posted. I describe them by what's actually there within the frame of the image, and I look around in-world rather than in the image.
Also, they say that if there's text in the image, it has to be transcribed. I've extended that: If there's text anywhere in the area shown in the image, it has to be transcribed, regardless of whether it's legible in the image or not. So there could also be quite a number of text transcriptions in my image descriptions.
If an image is extremely detailed, I may put more characters into one #ImageDescription than other users put into all image descriptions of two weeks or even a whole month. But nobody has complained about that yet.