coffee4danzMastodon has introduced me to the joy of reading descriptive #alttext. I take in the image then read the text as icing on the cake. It can really add extra personality to images.
#BlindAltBotI'm blind and for me alt text is the Big Special Thing about Mastodon. If someone posts a meme, I'm in on the joke. Someone shares beautifiul moss, or their cat, I'm in on the beauty or fun or whatever. I'm now 62, and this is the first time I entered a community and a culture where people grant me this kind of access and community. So grateful for people who do alt text.
Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱I know that personally I have been lazy about doing the alt-text stuff, but I am now motivated to make it a mission.
Thank you for the kick up the thingy.
@bytebro @anantagd I work on a monthly magazine. We’ve neglected alt text for the website version. My boss suggested using a plug-in to automatically generate it for all images. I was appalled. Most of the columns use stock images that really add little to the content. But our covers and feature stories are things we take care with and I think they deserve alt-text. It’s a subject for a future meeting with the editor but personally, I’ve just now started adding it there thanks to responses here
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There are a couple of bots here which although they technically have alt text, it's fucking useless. Its usually just a repeat of the title of the work that's already written in the post. I might have to stop following them because it frustrates me even though I'm fully sighted. We need to go another level up and say don't boost unless the alt text is useful.
There are a couple of bots here which although they technically have alt text, it's fucking useless. Its usually just a repeat of the title of the work that's already written in the post. I might have to stop following them because it frustrates me even though I'm fully sighted. We need to go another level up and say don't boost unless the alt text is useful.