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This seems like an issue that should get a lot more reach than it has. #Accessibility #Mastodon #mastoadmin
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/9269
Please help!

[accessibility] alt text for custom emojis · Issue #9269 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch The custom emojis that are solved as pictures should have the option to enter an alternate text for screen readers. Motivation From the perspective of the accessibility the custom emojis are ...
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#Accessibility #Mastodon #mastoadmin
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Talon
Talon
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Reason: screen reader users only see emoji as their tags! For example:
"colon blobcatowo colon"
"colon drgn underscore 3c colon".
We have no idea what those mean!
Being able to set descriptions for emoji would be a huge help!
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Talon
Talon
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While we're on the topic: This is another issue that could really help #accessibility : https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/10313
This one seems easier to implement, but I personally rate the emoji issue higher, since emoji are in much more common use while you're reading your feeds!

Add ALT-Tag to banner and profile pictures and make the value editable for acessiblility reasons · Issue #10313 · mastodon/mastodon

Pitch The banner and profile picts on the profile site has no ALT or ARIA tags. Blind people can't get information about the content of this images. Motivation Additional text information for i...
GitHub
#Accessibility
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GunChleoc
GunChleoc
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I have given both a thumbs-up on GitHub, in case it helps

@talon
@Talon
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Seedy! #Sweden
Seedy! #Sweden
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Did you get sighted help adding emojis to this instance?
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Bri😻
Bri😻
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The moment this gets added, if it does, our emoji dialog will be updated to include!
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Talon
Talon
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@enzo that could perhaps help a little bit, but a proper alt text could actually describe what the smiley looks like, not just the fact that it's a smiley.
For example, we have a :dragon_confused: emoji. It's pretty clear what it's supposed to mean by name alone, but it would be much more useful if we also had an actual description to go with it.
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Talon
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@tulpa @enzo yeah. The GitHub description says: "A skeptical-looking dragon", which also means that shortcodes can be misleading.
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