Mastodawn

I'm speaking at Smashing Conf Amsterdam in about two weeks. In my talk I'm sharing accessibility tips, but not the typical "use alt" or "use a button" stuff. I'm trying to share useful but uncommon advice.

What's something you would share, that I can steal and use in my talk? 😁

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Tyler Sticka

@matuzo A lot of folks know they should use alternative text but aren’t sure what to write. This post by my colleague @spaceninja wrote seems to alleviate the pressure, I’ve shared it a zillion times (and not because I drew the feature image): https://cloudfour.com/thinks/write-alt-text-like-youre-talking-to-a-friend/

Write Alt Text Like You’re Talking To A Friend

“There was this dog wearing safety glasses, surrounded by chemistry equipment, saying ‘I have no idea what I’m doing.’”

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