Alt text isn't just for the vision impaired. Sometimes some of us are viewing an image and don't understand the context or some of the imagery. Alt text helps there too.
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Alt text isn't just for the vision impaired. Sometimes some of us are viewing an image and don't understand the context or some of the imagery. Alt text helps there too.
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in reply to Libre • • •There's even a term for this. The curb cut effect is when disability-friendly features are used by a larger group than they were originally designed for.
I remember when video captions were thought of as just for the hearing impaired. Now so many people watch with captions on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curb_cut…
phenomenon of disability-friendly features also being appreciated by people in general
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