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Trying to understand human psychology a bit here, boosts for reach are very much appreciated.
When you post an image without alt text, and someone replies with the image description for you to use, what is your typical reaction?
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescriptions
- Thank the person and add the alt text (44%, 95 votes)
- Use the alt text, don't respond (2%, 6 votes)
- Ignore the person (7%, 16 votes)
- Block the person (0%, 2 votes)
- Explain why you don't add alt text (0%, 1 vote)
- Start a big fight (0%, 0 votes)
- I never forget alt text (41%, 88 votes)
- Something else? (2%, 6 votes)
A few extra seconds of your time it takes to add a good image description can really improve someone's day.
"To a totally blind person like me it means a lot to have a picture in my mind of your images, especially the animal pics."
"I don't know what it is, but as a blind user it's making me emotional to be able to actually interact with content."
#accessibility #a11y #AltText #ImageDescriptions
Alt Text Hall of Fame - Alt Text Hall of Fame
What is alt text? Alternative text (or alt text, in short) is the text you can use to describe an image when you publish it on your website or social media.Alt Text Hall of Fame
#SocialCoop has been discussing whether to disable images on May 16 and October 10 for #WorldSightDay, as suggested here https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112275637561897034.
One concern raised about this proposal is that it is symbolic and might not do anything to improve the lives of people with visual impairments.
I would like to hear perspectives from people with visual impairments on whether this kind of action is helpful.
(boosts welcome; please only reply if you rely on alt text)
Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)
Attached: 1 image In solidarity with the blind and vision-impaired community, I propose that twice a year, on the World Sight Day and the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, fediverse admins disable images on their servers to highlight the importanc…Stefan's Personal Mastodon Server
tenho visto cada vez mais, principalmente dentro da comunidade lusófona do Fediverso, imagens que tem #AltText que não descrevem nada, principalmente quando a imagem tem texto e o texto da imagem não é posto no Alt Text.
se teve o trabalho de colocar um Alt Text inútil, porque não colocou um Alt Text útil? é o mesmo esforço, gente!
custa tanto assim ter mais empatia e ser menos capacitista???
If you're #blind, #VisuallyImpaired, or otherwise rely on #AssistiveTecnhologies and #AltText, your thoughts on this proposal to temporarily disable images across the fediverse to highlight the importance of well-written image descriptions would be very much appreciated.
https://social.coop/@dynamic/112349215483683893
Please boost the original post for reach!
dynamic (@dynamic@social.coop)
#SocialCoop has been discussing whether to disable images on May 16 and October 10 for #WorldSightDay, as suggested here https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112275637561897034.social.coop
One thing I learned when making an 88x31 badges page: it is actually a really good example of one of the few times you should keep #AltText generally short.
When you have dozens of tiny badges on a page, it should be easy to skim them the same way it is for a sighted user. It shouldn’t take an hour to finish reading the page.
What if Mastodon had a way to save the ALT text you entered each time you used a new image. So if you used the same image later, it would some how know what you used the last time and give you the option to automatically use that instead of having to type something each and every time.
Seems to me there would be some way to be able to do this easily and to save all of us time from having to type the same thing for ALT text on a regular basis.
#Idea #Thoughts #AltText #Accessibility
Hm. I wonder if I can get any fediverse admins onboard to disable all images on their instance on the World Sight Day in October, so that only alt text shows up.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sight_Day
#accessibility #a11y #ImageDescription #AltText #FediAdmins #MastoAdmins
The day I don't have to ever see that on my timeline again will be a fantastic day indeed. If #Mastodon can implement hiding boosts without #AltText I will likely take advantage.
Absolutely sick to death of the *one* main culprit posting 99.9% empty posts and images without alt-text, and people boosting them because they don't realise there's nothing to show for it.
Original poster probably posts 0.1% of original content, the rest is just pointless memes day in, day out, but they have a huge following, so their crap comes up time, and time again.
Not a huge sample size, but the results are in!
If you use #Matrix, drop an #AltText comment below your images and screencasts for #ScreenReader, #Braille and other #Accessibility tools until we get support in the spec:
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues/883
#a11y #Element #Fractal #Cinny #FluffyChat #Quaternion #NeoChat #GNOME #KDE #elementaryOS #XFCE
Allow providing a text alternative/caption for all media/non-text-content · Issue #883 · matrix-org/matrix-spec
Suggestion I would like to specify an alternative text for all media content uploaded to Matrix including casual uploads, user avatar and room avatar, and I think this should be supported to comply...GitHub
Alt Text, ente descoñecido no Fediverso Galego
a porcentaxe de imaxes publicadas no mastodon.gal que teñen un texto que as describe é mínima. Non todas as persoas actúan do mesmo xeito, pero tendo habilidade e tempo para escribir media dúcia de cancelos que acompañan á publicación, tampouco é un traballo enorme engadir unha breve descrición á imaxe e axudar así a persoas con dificultades visuais, a aportar contexto ao que se ve, a que os lectores de pantalla poidan facer a súa labor e a ter empatía con quen nos le.
Incluso hai servizos (iniciativas) como #AltText4Me para intentar axudar a quen o precise.
Todos os clientes coñecidos teñen no seu editor un apartado para engadir esta descrición.
A veces vexo un certo patrón, como se fose cool ou algo así tirar aí unha imaxe e que se apañen, unha artistada snob.
Xa pode ser ben fermosa que non lle poño nin estreliña ⭐
De etiquetar as nosas publicacións idioma #galego xa falamos outro día.
mastodon.gal
mastodon.gal é unha instancia en galego de Mastodon para a comunidade galega.Mastodon aloxado en mastodon.gal
Are you a #ScreenReader and/or #Braille user on #Matrix?
Should we be adding messages as captions until #AltText is supported?
#A11Y #Accessibility #BRLTTY #FOSS #OpenSource #Element #GNOME #KDE #elementaryOS #XFCE
- Yes, always. (66%, 4 votes)
- A quick summary is fine, I'll ask if I need more (16%, 1 vote)
- As long as you do it if I ask. (16%, 1 vote)
Question to peole with screen readers about alt text:
Do you want the description in alt text to be what is seen or do you want an interpretation and opinions?
I see people using a hashtag about alt text being an art form and often putting interpretations, opinions and assumptions in there and somehow it irritates me, so I wanted to ask those who actually need the alt text.
please boost for more reach
Here's my periodic reminder: alternative text for images is important! It makes your images accessible to people who are blind and provides context for the neurodivergent (like me!).
HOWEVER! Writing appropriate alternative text can be very hard, especially if you don't have a lot of practice.
If you see an image missing alt text, don't be a jerk about it.
If you post an image and can't add alt text, don't be a jerk about it.
#Accessibility and #community go hand in hand. If we're all willing to be a little vulnerable with each other, we can help each other build a space that is accessible for everyone.
Edited to fix a spelling error 😁
@Friendica Support Hello. Could someone pls clarify this uncertainty i have wrt expiration of my #Friendica posts?
Will those selections per the pic above achieve my aspiration of deleting all my posts after 30 days unless Notes, Starred AND Saved Folders
? The first two i'm confident about coz they're explicitly mentioned, but the latter is not mentioned at all. So, as i have multiple Folders, with carefully curated posts in them, it's important i do what's needed to retain them indefinitely.
Thanks.
#AltText
Pic shows my https://venera.social/settings, section Expiration settings
, with Automatically expire posts after this many days:
= 30, & options Expire personal notes
, Expire starred posts
, & Only expire posts by others
disabled, but Expire posts
enabled.
@Roland Häder @Shelenn Ayres @Michel In my venera.social
account i use this setting...
...& i do appreciate that it helps, but at the same time it does not collapse entire threads into just the OP. That's the option i would like #Friendica to also have.
#AltText
Pic shows part of my venera.social
account setting in https://venera.social/settings/addons, with my use of the option "Show more", & my character-value of 444 [="Cutting posts after how many characters"].
Hello. There is a certain "network weirdness" that irregularly afflicts my use of #Friendica in my browser. Most of the time this misbehaviour does not occur, but each time it does arise, i can never identify its cause, nor even any consistent pattern of other symptoms that might lead to uncovering its root cause. I also don't know if there's some esoteric setting in my Friendica account's Settings doing this, that i might have overlooked.
See the pic for a quick simple visual display of the symptom.
Pls does anyone have any ideas my Friendica does this?
#AltText
Pic shows my desktop #Conky for network activity, with random bouts of my full available download & upload capacity consumed by my Friendica browser tab. Pic shows some breaks wherein both UL & DL revert to their normal "background noise" levels, & these occurred when i reloaded the tab, &/or when i closed the browser. Note that "background noise" levels are the norm for this tab; the weird activity is a small minority of the overall browsing time measured over months & years, nevertheless this problem still arises far too often for my liking.
Lately, I've taken to using this to describe images instead of using GPT, even if it takes a little longer for results to come back. I consider this to be quite impressive.
Content warning: A demonstration of offline and online LLM image description responses
I’m sorry but the interface for adding alt text (image descriptions, which all images should have) on mobile is terrible in most apps. Here is tumblr and the Mastodon app. 👎 #mastodonsupport #mastodonapp #alttext
(please do not reply telling me to use desktop, I do, it’s great, or with other work-around suggestions. I just posted the names of 30 insects using OCR and a host of other tools— I’m the queen of work-arounds! the point here is that “accessibility” shouldn’t be an afterthought!)
It's a #Cat yall! Meet Friday. He loves soft blankets, he adores any soft things really. This is him in his happiest of happy places.
#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats
My alt text only exists until someone can do it justice, when I will then edit this to make it better.
#AltText #AltTextForMe
#Accessibility
A timely and rather shocking meme, to which I have added #AltText...
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
we could stand to spread some of that awareness around.
Thank you for being a good example for others!
#Accessibility
#A11Y
#Access
As a completely non #blind person with no #accessibility needs at all, I LOVE #AltText on images.
They often help clarify what's meant, why the image was posted, a bit about the posters personality and more. Image didn't load or can't wait for it? No problem! Didn't get the visual joke? The text usually makes it clear!
Don't do this just for peeps like me, but alt text helps a TON of people, *especially* but not only visually impaired people.
Alt text it all (esp artists)!
A great article on how to add ALT text to your images
https://pathofex.com/how-to-add-alt-text-to-images-on-mastodon/
#Alttext #twittermigration #newtomastodon
9 Steps to Add Alt Text to Images on Mastodon for Better Accessibility
Add alt text to images on Mastodon if you want to add more visibility to your images. It gives your readers a hint about the image you have added in case their internet speed is low or they have an issue with loading images.Shivangi Gupta
Seeing AI: Making the visual world more accessible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DybczED-GKE 3.5 Min #YouTube
Remember your #AltText, eh!
Featuring Andre Louis, talented Musician, Composer, Keyboard Player, YouTuber, Teacher (and all around nice guy)
Not sure about how to be more inclusive? #Follow @FreakyFwoof
#SeeingAI #VisualImpairment #Tools #Readers
Seeing AI: Making the visual world more accessible
In honor of UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Seeing AI is rolling out new language support to make the app even more accessible to the mill...YouTube
*borrowed from someone who borrowed and just pasted, without comment, explanation, credit or inclusion.
IF YOU DON'T USE #AltText and describe your images, I won't boost them. If you stole them anyway, and are just sharing Goggle *finds* and random pictures that strike your fancy, I'll do the work for you, and include those with Visual Impairment or other languages to know what this is about.
#ClimateChange #Response #Cartoon #Alt4You
TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THIS.
AND the inclusion thing too?
Rishi Sunak alt text tweet criticised for misusing accessibility feature
The prime minister is criticised for excluding blind users by not fully describing images in a tweet.By Jordan Kenny (BBC News)
That is fantastic news, I was really worried we'd have to do ridiculous things with longdesc (deprecated) or visible alt text.
Ahh! Finally.
There is no character limit for “alt text”: Myth Debunked! · Eric Eggert
Some people might say that alternative text for images has a 125 character limit. That’s not correct.Eric Eggert
#AltText #accessibility