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I am going to share this at work! The only thing I would have to add is to not include "an image of" at the start. Maybe thats just a bad habbit at my work. Like, the screenreader knows it's an image gang xD
TheIronFox(MOVED)@karengregory i know this isn’t the point but i love that (and all) capys!
Ornella 🍉@karengregory nice!! This is very useful
Lord@karengregory Is there really a point in describing colors ? In this example, why specify the fact that yuzu are yellow !?
Tattie@lord plenty of blind people previously had sight. Also, this information can sometimes be useful for colour blind users.
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Christian Lawson-Perfect@Tattie @lord @karengregory yeah, I'm colourblind and alt text has helped me get the point of images many times. I can't really tell the difference between blue and purple, but I know they have different cultural meanings
it's B! Cavello 🐝@lord @karengregory Lots of folks who use screen readers may have some vision or may have once had vision such that color descriptions are useful. We also tend to live in societies where color has significance, so sometimes it’s worth naming for that reason.
multiplex@karengregory also a prompt generator.
popey@karengregory This is so helpful! I never know how much to say in an ALT text thing.
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@popey @karengregory I think this guide is helpful: https://accessibility.huit.harvard.edu/describe-content-images
Something to know about #AltText and #ImageDescriptions is that they are contextual. The same image shared for a different reason should probably have different information described. Overly long descriptions can be a nuisance to folks using screen readers, but it’s also important to not be overly wed to a formula. Ask yourself “why am I sharing this?” and try to use an information hierarchy
Something to know about #AltText and #ImageDescriptions is that they are contextual. The same image shared for a different reason should probably have different information described. Overly long descriptions can be a nuisance to folks using screen readers, but it’s also important to not be overly wed to a formula. Ask yourself “why am I sharing this?” and try to use an information hierarchy
ramona 
@karengregory actual helpful
Kevin Karhan 
@karengregory TYSM for posting this!!!
greeeen :nb_verified::verifiedbi::verifiedlesbian:@karengregory i like how this is the exact same advice techbros give for writing ai prompts
Trotfox@karengregory You do realize that AI companies scrapr alt text to use for AI training, right?
Ypsilenna Gloomvale@karengregory boosting this for my friends and future me. I always tried writing alt text on my own, but I didn't really know how to do it properly 
unforth | Duck Prints Press@karengregory fwiw I find people often appreciate having the media shared, too. As in: "A photograph of a capybara," versus "A doodle of a capybara," versus "Digital artwork of a capybara," etc.
Jupiter Rowland@unforth | Duck Prints Press @claudiakincaid There's a lot of stuff that's recommended to be added to image descriptions.
Location where the image was taken, and in such a way that everyone gets it, no matter where they live.
Camera position and angle.
Position of the Sun or any other light sources, if applicable.
Explanations of unfamiliar elements in the picture which actually belong into the post.
#AltText #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta
Location where the image was taken, and in such a way that everyone gets it, no matter where they live.
Camera position and angle.
Position of the Sun or any other light sources, if applicable.
Explanations of unfamiliar elements in the picture which actually belong into the post.
#AltText #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta
KateYagi@karengregory I have a habit of rambling too much with my alt-texts, this system is nice and clean.
@karengregory I have to describe color?
Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸When it comes to alt text, you don’t *have* to describe anything exactly perfectly, just do your best. But it’s good to keep in mind that blindness encompasses many different kinds of visual impairment not just total darkness, some blind ppl have not been blind their whole lives, and the description can also help those who aren’t blind but may need other assistance in understanding the image. And many who have never seen color still have frames of reference for color symbolism picked up from years of social context. Do not assume the reader won’t understand color.
Yoshi's Story 🦖💚@karengregory Another useful tip. How you write the alt text will also depend on the context behind the usage of the image!
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Michal Bryxí 🌱@karengregory Oh nice! This is so much more useful.
Lichen Cats@karengregory I've seen the video of that capybara and I always thought those were oranges.
Calisti 🏳️🌈🦇 — 🪩✨ 39c3@karengregory @Seitansbraten These are not oranges?
Seitansbraten@calisti @karengregory yuzu are Kind of lemony things
@claudiakincaid What about explanations of what's in the image for those who don't know?
Is it a universally good advice to assume that everyone who comes across this image knows what a capybara is and what yuzu fruits are or, alternatively, is willing to fire up a Web browser, if necessary, and search the Web for all missing information to understand the image? Risk nobody getting the image for brevity's sake?
Or would it be better to relocate the image description from the alt-text to the post text, at least if the character limit allows for that, and explain everything that might not be common knowledge but necessary to get the image and/or its description?
I'm asking because my own images cover much, much more niche topics.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #AltText #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta
Is it a universally good advice to assume that everyone who comes across this image knows what a capybara is and what yuzu fruits are or, alternatively, is willing to fire up a Web browser, if necessary, and search the Web for all missing information to understand the image? Risk nobody getting the image for brevity's sake?
Or would it be better to relocate the image description from the alt-text to the post text, at least if the character limit allows for that, and explain everything that might not be common knowledge but necessary to get the image and/or its description?
I'm asking because my own images cover much, much more niche topics.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #AltText #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta
nintegge@karengregory thank you 🙏 That is really helpful :)