@dbc3 @LilHulkQ Toot 2 of 2 (lol)

Regarding that second picture:

Based on the writing on her shirt, the image itself seems to be a mirror image of actual photo, a copy of which can be seen here: https://wayback.archive-it.org/org-350/20160901005324/https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/aframsurgeons/morenotable.html

It has no caption here.

The following page, a biographical article from before she passed away, has a larger picture of her seated next to what is probably the same machine: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/revolutionary-ophthalmologist-dr-patricia-bath-shake-off-haters/story?id=53357320

The photo is just identified as an "undated file photo".

#ImageCaption

@dbc3 @LilHulkQ Second #ImageCaption (toot 2 of 2 but wait I have more to say)

Dr. Bath looks into a machine while doing something with her hands below. (I wonder if it's surgery?)

It appears on this 2019 obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/obituaries/dr-patricia-bath-dead.html

Caption calls it an "undated photo" and adds a comment that Bath's “personal best moment” was when she "used an implant procedure to restore the sight of a North African woman who had been blind for 30 years." Photo is credited to her daugher Eraka Bath.

@dbc3 @LilHulkQ Here's my attempt to fill in for the #ImageCaption

(toot 1 of 2)

The first of two pictures is a black-and-white photo showing a young Patricia Bath in a lab coat, with her right hand on a microscope next to her.

I found it on this page: https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/journeys-innovation/historical-stories/sights-prize

Its caption there is as follows: "In 1959, Patricia Bath, aged 16, won a National Science Foundation to conduct research in a lab at Yeshiva University. (The New York Times/Via: Herbert S. Sonnenfeld)"

If you are joining in with #silentSunday or #SundayPix please don't forget your #altext #description #imageCaption

@greg_travis

Image 4, graph: South Carolina daily infection / death / test positivity

970 Infections per day. 1,745,168 official infected
Infections doubling every 0 days.
7 Deaths per day. 18,758 total dead
Deaths doubling every 0 days.
CFR 1% PFR 0.13% 2,679,906 calculated infected (IFR: 0.7%).
52% of DA South Carolina population

(Toot 4 of 4)
#Alt4You #ImageCaption

@greg_travis

Image 3, graph: Texas daily infection / death / test positivity

4,299 Infections per day. 8,135,739 official infected
Infections doubling every 0 days.
13 Deaths per day. 91,514 total dead
Deaths doubling every 0 days.
CFR 1% PFR 0.11% 13,074,243 calculated infected (IFR: 0.7%).
45.1% of Texas population

(Toot 3 of 4)
#Alt4You #ImageCaption

@greg_travis

Image 2, chart:

COVID Reporting Shutdown
US States
locations : all state names prefaced with "DARK"

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Washington
Washington DC
Wyoming

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#Alt4You #ImageCaption

@greg_travis

Image 1, graph: USA daily infection / death / test positivity

61,567 Infections per day. 99,413,504 official infected
Infections doubling every 0 days.
403 Deaths per day. 1,084,439 total dead
Deaths doubling every 0 days.
CFR 1% PFR 0.11% 154,909,241 calculated infected (IFR: 0.7%).
46.8% USA population

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#Alt4You #ImageCaption

NOTE: @PleaseCaption just reminded me that I forgot to caption an image in a post. All you have to do is follow that account. It's great!

#feditips #mastodontips #tips #mastodon #imagecaption

@catselbow type a *really* long #ImageCaption. Now try to proofread or edit it

Come back, we'll talk again 😄

For people who don't put much effort into their ICs, you're missing out on a valuable tool.

Four images gives you 6000 characters to play with to get the stuff that didn't fit into your toot.

Just *always* describe what's in the image *first* so the original intent isn't corrupted. One paragraph to do that, the rest is yours to pack in those #maker technical details.

We *need* better #ImageCaption support for *everybody* not just those *using* readers.

We are content creators
#KrisThought

I still can't see the #ImageCaption while using the Mastodon.ie app #MastodonieApp - am I doing something wrong? Trying again...

The preview circle tool is great!

Ah-ha!! I've got the image captioning to show now! If you let your cursor hover over the picture and don't move it, the #ImageCaption appears. If you move the cursor at all it disappears again and won't reappear until you've moved your cursor off the image and back again. Cunning, very cunning. Done it below - try it? #VisuallyImpairedCations

Ah-ha!! I've got the image captioning to show now! If you let your cursor hover over the picture and don't move it, the #ImageCaption appears. If you move the cursor at all it disappears again and won't reappear until you've moved your cursor off the iamge and back again. Cunning, very cunning. Done it below - try it? #VisuallyImpairedCations

Als je foto’s of afbeeldingen post, voeg dan een korte beschrijving toe.

Niet dat ik vanuit jarenlange ervaring op Mastodon spreek, maar een beschrijving is een van de dingen die dit platform toegankelijker maken voor meer mensen. En het is maar een kleine moeite.

#feditip #mastotips #toegankelijkheid #imagecaption

To get a good idea of what mastodon experience is like for screen reader users, you can try using text-only interface to mastodon. Naturally, you cannot see images in your timeline, only alt-text.
I was playing with beautiful Python client called toot - you can just pip install toot, then toot login and toot tui.
#accessibility #alttext #imagecaption #commandline