I've just updated the guide on how to make your Mastodon and Fediverse posts accessible to blind and deaf people:
➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-…
Amongst other things, it now includes step-by-step instructions for adding alt texts.
Thanks for all the feedback about the previous version, hopefully this provides more info in a clearer way. Let me know if I've missed something or got something wrong.
(I also merged the blind and deaf guides as the media description process is identical.)
How do I make my posts more accessible to blind, deaf and deafblind people on Mastodon and the Fediverse? How do I add alt texts? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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Martijn “McDutchie” Dekker🇪🇺
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •It might be worth pointing out that not only people with visual and/or auditory impairments benefit from #AltText. It can be useful in many other ways, too.
To me, as an #autistic person whose perception and information processing work in quite different ways, it is not always clear what the point of an image is. Some good alt text can help a lot.
Some clarifying background info in alt text can also be very useful for the general public (which helps to normalise the use of alt text).