Be sure to also follow @alttexthalloffame, and feel free to share more examples of well-written, even whimsical image descriptions.

#AltText #AlternativeText #ImageCaptions #accessibility #a11y #WebAccessibility #AltTextHallOfFame

My new project, https://AltTextHallOfFame.org, is a celebration of the effort, ingenuity, and creativity that goes into making the web a friendlier and more inclusive place, one captioned image at a time.

#AltText #AlternativeText #ImageCaptions #accessibility #a11y #WebAccessibility #AltTextHallOfFame

For anyone who's struggling with #AltText or #ImageCaptions (or for anyone who's looking for other ways to write about these things) here's a great resource for descriptions of settings / colors / textures and more!

https://wordsnstuffblog.com/post/169680599910/resources-for-describing-physical-things

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Once again, here's a quick thank you to those who caption their images.

I'm not visually impaired, but i usually am in placed with poor internet quality and low available bandwidth as a result.

Image descriptions help me to not "stay in the dark" of the content you post, and i don't have to wait for image to load to appreciate your effort and what it says.

Keep up the good work! I'll promise to do so as well
#ImageCaptions

Linking this post for advice on what to write in your #ImageCaptions and #AltText:

https://pagan.plus/@Cat_LeFey/109569597946233246

and yep, I'm telling them I'm unfollowing, and why. (Continued absence of image captions on an account's posts despite requests for them to provide captions.)

#AltText #Accessibility #ImageCaptions #Images #VisualDisabilities #ScreenReaders

@jenfraser @magicalmudge best to go in with the browser on a laptop to see what's going on, at least when you're first starting out.

If you hover over an image with a caption, you'll see it.

Also, there are good guidelines for image captioning below.

Don't sweat making it perfect if you don't have a lot of time: any caption that is even remotely descriptive and written in good faith is better than none at all.

#Accessibility #AltText #ImageDescriptions #ImageCaptions #VisualDisabilities #ScreenReaders

https://pathofex.com/how-to-add-alt-text-to-images-on-mastodon/

if you've ever written a post telling people to caption their images with sentiments like "it's so easy", "it takes no effort at all", "there's no excuse not to", and leaving no room for those who have a genuine clashing accessibility need:

you owe me five dollars

and your local disability rights charity another twenty.

multiply by ten for each repeated offense.

you can't decrease ableism in the world by DOING MORE ABLEISM, you absolute fucking soggy lampshades.

#imagecaptions #accessibility #ablebodiednonsense

Hey Masto mates I’m noticing a lot of pictures posted without visual descriptions. I’m far less inclined to boost if they’ve not got them. Please, please caption your pictures. It’s easy and common courtesy. Mastodon has it so neatly built in.
#VisualDescriptions #ImageCaptions

I just realized that Mastodon lets anyone read the image captions, so my habit of including little jokes about things (like describing a selfie as ‘stunningly beautiful’ or an unpleasant piece of art as ‘probably best experienced through this description’ ) would read super differently here 😅

#imagecaptions #alttext

@catselbow Tusky is the best one I've found for this so far. There are some quirks with scrolling but there is room for 2-3 *additional* edit lines.

Adding those would be a quantum jump in usability. And the quality of #ImageCaptions as well

I have a #StrangelySerious #KrisThought

I freely admit to being a member of #TheInflux & don't quite grok the entirety here but I've noticed something close to universal and maybe everyone else is just used to it, so accepts it

Long #ImageCaptions are the norm here. It's considered polite and good practice

So why can I only find one #Mastodon #Client that takes that into account? Every other one I have tried gives a pathetic one or two line edit area

It's a nightmare on a phone
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I can only see my #ImageCaptions on Tusky 🤔 #accessibility