BodhipaksaReposting this with alt text. In fact the entire description is in the alt text.
Dr. Brad Rosenheim has moved!@bodhipaksa Brilliant. Excellent description too.
@Brad_Rosenheim Thank you. I like a good alt text description.
Marcel Gitlab 💛🤍💜🖤@bodhipaksa @Brad_Rosenheim I think it would be better by saying the tent is in the shape of a car.
@MarcBrillault @Brad_Rosenheim Yes indeed! I'd meant to do that and have now edited the alt text. Thanks!
Dr. Young-Leslie 🇨🇦@bodhipaksa @MarcBrillault @Brad_Rosenheim
I think a good image description is an art! Doing it exposes how much is implicit in an image.
I'm still new to it, but I've found myself adopting a format similar to the starting scene description in a play, eg:
"daytime; setting; characters (number, sex, age, ethnicity); how they're dressed (colours, styles) what they're doing; facing/looking away from camera; mood; background"
Do you have a syntax/system for image descriptions?
#AltText #Images
@HyL @bodhipaksa @Brad_Rosenheim I usually skip all that's irrelevant to the understanding of the message. For instance, if the clothes of the protagonists have no significant meaning, I won't describe them. I try to be as concise at possible while explaining enough for the visually impaired to understand.
@MarcBrillault @HyL @Brad_Rosenheim I tend to err on the side of abundance as far as alt text is concerned. Many visually impaired people can see some colors and shapes, so describing the color of clothing can help them appreciate what it is they're seeing.
Exactly. And many blind people were sighted at one time. They remember colours & shapes. If an image is used, I like them to get the experience that image is there for.