A 3D animation of what looks like bioluminescent pale purple slime mold fruiting on some similarly colored soft matter.

#desc4you

@Burntcopper #desc4you a man with a small goatee, very becatted: there are 4 cats on him, two washing the one reclining on his left shoulder.

I would just like to publicise the #alt4me, #alt4you, #desc4me and #desc4you hashtags.
These tags are four descriptions for images and videos.
#alt4me is used when someone in need of alt text on an image finds a toot with an image attached and would like someone to respond with a description.
#desc4me is the same but for videos.
#alt4you is also for images but if you find an image which you describe, tag it with this.
#desc4you is similar to alt4you but for videos as well.
If you have the time, please do use these!

@blind_lightning Yes, that is an excellent idea.

It would not only be of invaluable assistance to the deaf & hard-of-hearing, but to those who are blind/VI and/or have certain cognitive processing issues, as well.

In the case of captioning that's in a different natural language than the spoken natural language, a transcript of the entire caption track will be essential for many to review the contents in isolation, without audio interference.

The only issue I believe we need to discuss before merging the 2 efforts is whether we want to keep one tag dedicated to static images, & another tag dedicated to animated images and videos. The tags i've proposed for video & animated images are: #desc4me (request) and #desc4you (unsolicited)

Thank you again for bringing this issue to the forefront. I eagerly anticipate your feedback.