If you use a screen reader and have a Github account, consider commenting on this feature request:
"Add a way to filter posts that contain images with no alt text"
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29496
If you don't use a screen reader, please boost this post rather than commenting on the Github issue.
Add a way to filter posts that contain images with no alt text · Issue #29496 · mastodon/mastodon
Pitch It would be nice if there would be some way of filtering out posts from one's feed that do not contain alt-text for images. Ostensibly, this would be a fairly simple query to write for the ba...GitHub
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Cassian [main]
in reply to Cassian [main] • • •The number of self-righteous people replying to say that they "don't use a screen reader but..." and then speaking in favour of this feature is like... ugh.
I don't have a strong opinion either way, because I don't have enough information. One accessibility consultant has commented, which is good, but still no people who need alt text, e.g. visually impaired people. [Edit: I totally skated over the part where the accessibility consultant said they were blind, I am a doofus. 🤦]
If any visually impaired people tell us that this is a good idea or a bad idea in their opinion I would love that so much. But if people who don't need alt text could please stop talking. Just. Plz.
Cassian [main]
in reply to Cassian [main] • • •People who use #ScreenReaders, imagine a feature on your instance where you can automatically hide any post that contains images/videos without alt text.
If you reply with an opinion and YOU PERSONALLY don't need alt text for accessibility reasons, I will probably block you.
#poll #ScreenReader #accessibility #a11y #blind
- It's a great idea (32%, 16 votes)
- No strong feelings (6%, 3 votes)
- It's a bad idea (6%, 3 votes)
- I don't use a screen reader (56%, 28 votes)
50 voters. Poll end: 1 month agomodulux
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