I just wanted to give a tip about those writing alt text.

I thank everyone who does so! It makes my Mastodon experience so much more amazing!

But a tip, though:

If you are describing, say, text on a screen, it would be very appreciated if you describe not just the screen that exists, but what is on the screen. Here is an example.

If you say, "A screen shot of my phone's screen, showing a post on Mastodon." it doesn't much help because I ask myself (since I cannot see the image) "Yes? What does it say?

A better example would be, say:

"A screen shot of my phone's screen. There is a Mastodon post that reads:
'This is my amazing post!'"

It really, really helps me understand the full context.

Happy birthday to trailblazing American computer scientist Frances Elizabeth Allen (1932 – 2020) who made foundational contributions to optimizing compilers, optimizing programs and parallel computing. She was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, where she worked from 1957 to 2002 and as an emeritus fellow afterwards. She was the first woman to win the Turing Prize.

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