#AltText

I'm always looking for local timelines that are more concerned with #AltText.

Please feel free to share other instances where it's more or less necessary to upload content, like floss.social:

"Examples of unacceptable behavior by FLOSS.social community members include[...] :

Uploading images, audio, or video with Public visibility (appears on Local or Federated timelines) without adding ALT text media descriptions"

#accessability

#Business #Design #Development #Guidelines
Are you making these five mistakes when writing alt text? · The advice ‘describe what you see’ may seem simple, but it’s not https://ilo.im/11syvw

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#SocialMedia #SEO #WebDesign #WebDevelopment #WebDev #Website #Blog #Content #Image #AltText #Accessibility #A11y #ScreenReader

Happy National Ag Day everyone!

Learn all about how we grow our food and protect our resources 🧑‍🌾

👉 https://www.agday.org

Here are a couple of the cool things I’ve gotten to see and do in the last year or so while out on research trips.

#NationalAgDay #Agriculture #Farming #Food #Science #Research #AgTech #Farm #Photography #AltText

I have a question about alt text that I'm not finding an answer to. (Probably because I'm not structuring my search query correctly.)

If I post an image that I explain in my post, do I then also describe the image in alt text or should I say something along the lines of "an image showing the stuff described"?

My gut instinct is that it would be annoying to hear the description twice, but I could be wrong about that.

An example is below.

1 of 2

#accessibility #alttext

#AltText: Außenfassade des Tesla Store in Berlin. Mit Farbbomben und Plakaten verschönert. Plakate im Adbusting Stil. Motiv: „Driving For A Burning Planet“ Tesla Auto vor Waldbrand. Motiv: „Driving for a Death Planet“ Tesla Auto vor vertrocknetem Feld. Aktivisti in der Aktion!

@bobthomson70 @cmconseils please add as #alttext:

Tintin, Capitaine Haddock, Milou:

CH: “quel quinquennat, hein?”

T: “mais capitaine, ça ne fait que onze mois…”

Et vous pouvez aussi aider plein plein de monde en ajoutant un #AltText sous les tweets avec images non-décrites, particulièrement quand les gens pris dans l'urgence du moment ont pas eut le temps de le faire...
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RT @lilikorim
Pensez à décrire vos images, et faites péter vos plus belles descriptions de feux. Ce n’est pas parce que l’on est aveugle que l’on n’aime pas les flammes !
https://twitter.com/lilikorim/status/1637933598178258944

#alttext
Just a reminder to all uploading images to add some description of them 😀

#alttext #china #Xi #WinnieThePooh
I first heard about Xi's remarkably thin skin, when john Oliver made the comparison and just to prove a point -Pooh Blood and Horror couldn't be shown in Hog Kong because its no longer a parody
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/21/winnie-the-pooh-blood-and-honey-horror-film-cancelled-hong-kong
https://youtu.be/OubM8bD9kck (10 mins in)

#alttext great news Spring is finally here and perhaps the temp will lift, at least we don't ned the heating on for so long😜 :11111:

#WorldPoetryDay seems like a perfect time to share favourite poems. One of mine, and appropriate for #spring, though a few weeks late, is Miracle on St David's Day, by Gillian Clarke. It's based on a true story, something which happened to the #poet in the 1970s, and speaks to the power of #poetry.

Anyone else like to #share a poem?

#AltText begins here:

"They flash upon that inward eye
which is the bliss of solitude’
(from ‘The #Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth)"

#nature #neurodiversity

Let me tell you all a story about a man named...

I got up a couple of hours ago, and like every other time, I don't go back to sleep.

The sun never gets up as early as I do. So.. It's just you and I? You're not even awake?

WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE!

#GoodMorning #Bonjour #dog #GutenMorgen #BomDia #LOL #Mastodon #Fediverse #AltText

@Beclfc

Agree with others that if you want boosts, editing the post to add image description would help, as many of us have a policy of inclusion.
(With a recent update of Mastodon it is now easier to update image descriptions)
#AltText

I
Google Lens eg from Google play store, may give some ideas of web sites, with and without picture frame. Also other side of the picture eg name and address of photographer.

Best wishes, lovely photo by the way

@zutalorz Hope it's OK - thought I'd just do a bit of an #AltText for this...?

A mother and baby antelope. The adult has beautiful tan, white and chestnut markings, and her head with graceful, upright horns and ears, turned to look toward the camera. The baby has a more mixed coat of the same colours, and faces toward us on slightly unsteady-looking legs #Alt4You

I find I'm seeing a lot more colour on things than I do with the naked eye thanks to the macro lens (thanks, partial colour blindness!)...like this grasshopper. I couldn't see the red in real life, even from 50cm away. It just looked like smudgy dark green.

But wow - the colour is amazing! 😲

Vertical photo with some #AltText

#MacroPhotography #Insects #Grasshopper #ColourBlindness #ColorBlindness

@carowe @dgar suggested #AltText:

The keyboard of a grand piano stretches across the frame from side to side . The piano is the only notable thing in the picture.

@nothe @hollie These are really lovely & perhaps more than any other image are deserving of #AltText because I imagine they are visual art that the visually impaired could enjoy. A braille for art in a way.

@AmyChu Oops! Any, that image lacks #AltText The text in the image reads:
Photo by Jessica Christian
TRINA ROBBINS
Retired underground cartoonist and current comics herstorian Trina Robbins has been writing graphic novels, comics, and books for about half a century. Her subjects have ranged from Wonder Woman and the Powerpuff Girls and her own teenage superheroine, GoGirl!, to women cartoonists and women who kill. She’s won several Eisner Awards and was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Industry Hall of Fame in 2013. She lives in a house that survived the 1906 quake in San Francisco, with her cats, shoes, and dust bunnies.

Please include alt text for visually impaired users!

@EgyptianAphorist Please add an #AltText description. Jazak Allah Khair

Charlotte, what do you think about Mondays? (I can't believe I was able to take a photo in that millisecond she stuck her tongue out!)

#CatsOfMastodon
#IsItFridayYet
#Monday
#AltText

I am very certain that brightness of shoe color is directly correlated to how fast you can run.

It just has to be a fact. 🏃🏼‍♂️

#Run #Running #RunChat #Outside #AltText

#AltText: Die Elisabeth heisst natürlich nicht Birne sondern Borne.

Repost de @bonpoteofficiel avec #altText

Exclusivité ! Réaction du président Emmanuel Macron à la sortie du rapport de synthèse du GIEC :

@badger0us I highly recommend it! Except the internet service isn't great.

#PNW #woods #photography #path #green #trees #AltText #path

Et si vous assistez à une arrestation ou si vous êtes arrêté-e-s, c'est pas mal d'avoir quelques tips #Antirep 👇

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RT @ValKphotos
#Nantes #manifencours
rappel #AntiRep en cas d'arrestation
(avec #AltText)

.: #IllegalTeam #Nantes :.
👉 https://nantes.indymedia.org/groups/illegal-team-nantes

Ne donnez pas trop de précisions, attendez que l'Illegal Team vous pose des questions.

💡Boissons chaudes devant le comico bienvenues
https://twitter.com/ValKphotos/status/1637142904782168064

Apologies for the lack of #AltText. I can’t figure out how to add it after the fact using the Ice Cubes app on my iPad…

Repost from @bruces with #altText

#Nantes #manifencours
#MondayMotivaton #ReformesDesRetraites = #ToutCramer 🔥
Fil & infos 👇
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RT @ValKphotos
#Nantes #manifencours
rappel #AntiRep en cas d'arrestation
(avec #AltText)

.: #IllegalTeam #Nantes :.
👉 https://nantes.indymedia.org/groups/illegal-team-nantes

Ne donnez pas trop de précisions, attendez que l'Illegal Team vous pose des questions.

💡Boissons chaudes devant le comico bienvenues
https://twitter.com/ValKphotos/status/1637142904782168064

Masto-Tip: writing some Wanker’s AltText for them in a response is just enabling bad behavior.
#Mastodon #MastoTip #AltTextMatters #AltText #DontBeAWanker #DontBeAnAblistWankerEnablist

@straphanger #AltText Description of image: photo of a busy city street filled with pedestrians enjoying the street, numerous places to sit, lighting for the evenings, and shade-creating trees. No cars are shown.

I didn't feel like taking a walk this morning due to the wind so I asked my husband to open the storage container so I could sort through a huge tub to try to organize a little bit. As I was taking things out, I came across this watercolor that my husband had years ago. I had him hang it in my plant room. I reminds me a little bit of Rio. Sometimes it's like going to a rummage sale when I go through tubs in the storage container.

#Mar
#alttext

Primedays. Am I right? 😅

I hope y'all have an amazing start to your week. :) 💕

#Retro #RetroGaming #StarWars #ChronoTrigger #ALTText

@hourlywolves Actual #AltText: In a black and white photo, a male wolf prepares to nom on another wolf's face.

2 yearsago today another great memory. Moose was taking a walk looking like the happy boy he is.

#MooseLove
#dogsofmastodon
#Mar
#alttext

@ravensrod Totally agree but word of advice. Here on mastodon your memes will get very little traction without #AltText

#AltText

What is alt-text, how do you do it, why do you do it, what needs doing?

What is it?

Alt-text is the 1500 characters you get to describe an image you post.

How do I do it?

If you're posting a tweet/screenshot of an article than I'd advise using the desktop/Web login to Mastodon. It has a fairly good auto-transcribe feature which requires only minor edits.

For memes, photos and cartoons you're going to have to do it the more difficult way but it's a good habit to get into.

4/T

Here's few words about #accessibility, specifically #CamelCase and #altText on #Mastodon. From a pragmatic as well as ethical point of view. If you are already signed up on ethical grounds, good job, let's keep at it!

Pragmatically: If you are not writing for an audience outside of people you personally know then there is a non zero chance you will have someone with difficulty seeing or with dyslexia try to read your work. Effective communicators remove barriers for their audiences.

1/T

@SmudgeTheInsultCat @JoParkerBear Suggested #AltText:

A ginger tabby cat is curled up to sleep, in a position that makes her look like a big furry croissant. In the tiny triangle formed between her forelegs, her back legs, and her belly, a tiny black-&-white kitten face is just barely poking out.

@hourlywolves Actual #AltText: A wolf stands with its eyes closed in a fenced enclosure.

(#AltText is a way to make your toots more inclusive.

When you post an image or a gif, you can click Edit and then add a description of what it is you see. I aim to include everything that is necessary for a person who can't see the image or gif to understand what it is and why I'm posting it.

There are tools to help you remember to add alt text, like @PleaseCaption, and I think there's a "remind me" setting somewhere in preferences too.

If you have trouble writing alt text yourself, you can ask for help with the #AltText4Me hashtag.

(If I've done unsolicited alt text on your toot, it is because I want more people to enjoy it.))

@hourlywolves Actual #AltText: A wolf stands backlit by the sun on a pile of autumn leaves.

When you do your #AltText and there's a series of images in unnumbered rows and columns, what order do you describe the images in?

@selzero image description: men and women in old-timey dress, walking around on a lake with brown balloons aloft, tied to strings that are helping them float on their feet and keep their balance. in the middle, one man is on a paddle-wheel unicycle #AltText

Okay someone just blocked me because I disagreed that writing descriptive text for posts that lack alt texts is clout. The claim was that accessibility itself is clout, because people focus on it to get boosts, numbers and reach and make themselves appear important. That couldn't be further from the truth in my opinion.

I explained that providing a descriptive text is an act of kindness and the least one could do. Got an instant reply that said that this answer makes me blockworthy, pompous and stupid... The most absurd thing today. #Accessibility #AltText #Block

#SilentSunday
#Maine
#AltText

Ok. Das war nun mein letztes Mal jemanden darauf hinzuweisen, dass das Bild zwar schön ist, ich aber ohne ALT Text nicht teilen mag.

Was gibt's als Antwort?

"Ach, ich werde gerne bestraft dafür, dass ich Erwartungen anderer nicht erfülle - und die noch nicht einmal den Grund dafür kennen oder kennen wollen. Hauptsache, man missioniert und ist auf der "richtigen" Seite."

Yay. Nun bin ich schon so ne Mitläufertype die rummissioniert.

#SchnauzeVoll #ALTText #Bildbeschreibung #Fotobubble

Is there a standard for embedding #AltText directly into an image file as a #Metadata entry? That seems like an easy way to preserve it when moving an image between devices/platforms. Most common formats support arbitrary metadata fields so this wouldn't require any special software support or changes to the image format.
#Accessibility #Media #FileFormat

@AnnaOutOfSp4ce Love your #AltText

Dad and I played 9 ball today. I lost this tournament 5-4 but I made some damn impressive shots regardless.

#alttext a couple of clandestine captures of my dad shooting pool mostly so my sister and I get all the memories captured even if mundane.

I touch-type, so I rarely look at the keyboard. But when I do, I have to laugh. @jeanettepizzurro

#Cats #Keyboard #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Mastocats #Fedicats #AltText

#MattGolding #Cartoon #GoldingCartoons Someone daring to question #AUKUS
#alttext

Have all the planned #SmallBatchBakeAlong recipes so you can plot at your own pace!

The order:

3/19-25: Shortbread
3/26-4/1: Chocolate truffles / ganache
4/2-4/8: Purin (Japanese flan-style pudding)
4/9-15: British cream scones
4/16-22: Coffee cake

The recipes:

Shortbread
-Main: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXM7BkAHuss

Chocolate truffles
-Main: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/chocolate-ganache/#tasty-recipes-72329
-Microwave alt: https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-simple-foolproof-chocolate-truffles-252063
-Vegan: https://minimalistbaker.com/2-ingredient-dark-chocolate-truffles/

Purin
-Main: https://iamafoodblog.com/how-to-make-japanese-pudding-aka-purin/
-Vegan: https://chefjacooks.com/en/japanese-purin/

Cream scones
-Main (Scottish): https://thebibliosphere.tumblr.com/post/619140154653900800/hi-just-a-drive-by-note-to-say-i-love-you-and-i
-Vegan (British): https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/vegan-scones

Coffee cake
-Main: https://iamafoodblog.com/small-batch-copycat-cinnamon-streusel-starbucks-coffee-cake-recipe/
-Vegan: https://minibatchbaker.com/small-batch-vegan-coffee-cake/#recipe

How to join in:
-Bake one if it sounds fun!
-Post about it using #SmallBatchBakeAlong! And please both use #AltText and content warn with "food"/"food (positive)" as that allows everyone to join in!

Questions to answer:
-What went right/wrong?
-Did you like it?
-Would you bake it again?

#Food #Baking #JoinIn

"But I don't like the cat."

"Shut up and eat your dinner!"

😾 #Cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #FediCats #AltText

#FionaKatauskas @FionaKatauskas worth- my #cartoon for @GuardianAus We need $368bn for Aukus: here’s an idea: A penny for your thoughts #aupol #submarine
#alttext

Okay, here's week two for the #SmallBatchBakeAlong, which is for bakes for 3/19-3/25: Shortbread!

Here's the YouTube link for the recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXM7BkAHuss

For this recipe, you should be able to substitute for vegan butter and/or GF flour based on the notes I've seen online.

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How to join in:
-Bake it if it sounds fun!
-Any time between 3/19 and 3/25, post how it went!
-Tag it with #SmallBatchBakeAlong so we can find you, and also please both use #AltText and a food or "food (positive)" content warning so everyone can join in!

If you'd like some questions to answer:
-What went right/wrong?
-Did you like it?
-Would you bake it again?

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Comments (and quarter batch info) on the bake next.

#Food #Baking #Dessert

@SatPaper This week’s #cartoon, #PJK #PaulKeating by @jonkudelka #NationalPressClub #auspol
#alttext

#PSA: please add alt text to pictures. Even if it's something basic to describe what's in there, it's better than nothing for people that rely on screen readers.

#accessability #accessabilityawareness #alttext

#TheTwindenberg @jonkudelka Today’s ⁦@themercurycomau #cartoon #auspol
#alttext

"Talk to the paw!"

Amish cat refuses to allow mirrors, makeup, or photos.

#Cats #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #FediCats #AltText

@fkamiah17
I would like to emphasize this. For a long time I thought doing ALTtext would be a huge effort and difficult.
Turns out, its only a small effort and not difficult at all!

And as a bonus I actually enjoy studying and enjoying the piece of art even more than I already did!

#art #mastoart #painting #photo #photography #ALTtext #inclusion #kindness #inspiration

There are loads of really great and interesting posts on here that don't use #AltText or #ImageDescription. Let's all try and bear in mind the thousands of sight-impaired people who use #ScreenReaders here on #Mastodon and make them all as welcome and well-informed as we can.
#Inclusivity #Ableism #Sharing #JoinIn

@RadicalGraffiti #AltText would be, though…

@EmmaKelley, that’s an amazing picture and banging #AltText !

So many pix on Mastodon worth boosting. If they had #alttext, I would.

@MicheleV_AK @Wolfie_Rankin Suggested #AltText:

A vast empty snow field stretches to snow-blanketed mountains on the horizon. It takes a moment to pick out a tiny line at lower right, which we can just make out as a dogsled, rider, and dog team.

#Alt4You

@davidzipper #AltText a screenshot of the linked page.

@coldwarsteve
Brilliant. The depiction of Fox is particularly inspired.

#ImWithGary #ToryBritain #Lineker #IllegalMigrationBill

Reposting with #AltText for those who use screenreaders.

#Alt4You -

@sheepchase *sigh* I tried to add #AltText and Toot was unhappy with me.

(( A cartoon cat tucking in to a cozy bed for the night ))

@davpope #cartoon: The APEX predator #submarine
#alt #alttext

Just released Mastodon Bird UI v1.2.0

Most notable changes: The media that has no alt now uses the `:has` from CSS Selectors Level 4 Working Draft.

Wanted it to be more subtle instead of the whole image fading out. (It turns out too many forget the descriptive alt texts for their posts, but I still want to see if the post doesn't have one)

Practically here's the monster: `.wrapper:has(> img:not([alt]))::after`. Nice fun #CSS hack!

Get Mastodon Bird UI here: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui

Changelog:

* Consistency in follow/unfollow button hover and focus colors
* More distinct :focus-within to text inputs
* Hilight search icon when searching emojis
* Fix emoji-mart search icon color
* Add more consistent colors for emoji-mart
* Fix columns for RTL (thanks @ButterflyOfFire)
* Fix default relationship follow button color
* Improve relationship follow focus action on mobile
* Fix missing audio player alignment
* Fix audio player border-radius
* Use CSS Selectors Level 4 Working Draft :has for missing alt tag media instead of opacity #UI #MastodonUI #MastodonBirdUI #Design #UIDesign #AltText #OpenSource #Accessibility #A11y

@Laebrye
Sorry. I didn't see it 🙏🏻
Now i can boost it 😁
(I think I fell again for the #Mastodon web client not clearly labeling images with #ALtText and I didn't see it when hovering 😬​)

@Laebrye
Too good to not have #AltText (could you add it to the image?)

Graphic poster with a dice and a game figure

Debugging
The classic mystery game where you are the detective, the victim, and the murderer!

@Sheril If the BBC #AltText sucks [I don't know how to find it], feel free, anyone, to ask me to take a crack at it. This shit's important. #AltText4You

Mastodon v4.1.0 now lets you edit alt text, so how about spending some time and editing older posts without #AltText so you can get some new boosts!

@rhipratchett
It's a beautiful photo, though I did do a double-take seeing him without his hat!

You never quite get over losing your parents; I hope you get some comfort knowing that your father will never be forgotten and that so many people around the world miss him too: one of the wisest, funniest, most compassionate writers ever x

#GNUTerryPratchett #SpeakHisName

ps: I hope you don't mind if I repost the photo with #AltText for people who use screenreaders?
#Alt4You:

A fun experiment is to add blur to all images with no alt text.

This should be built-in to Internet.

img:not([alt]):not(:hover) {
filter: blur(3px);
}

#AltText #Accessibility #A11y #CSS #WebDev

@johnmacintosh #AltText: A stormtrooper standing and pissing past the urinal that is right front of him. A modern drawing.