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#AltText

IXI
2 hours ago

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

Inautilo
2 hours ago

#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

Tyler McGee
2 hours ago

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

Banner for National Ag Day that says “Celebrating 50 Years” and “Growing A Climate for Tomorrow”.
Picture of me standing in front of tall corn plants in a field under a blue sky.
Picture of freshly cut celery held in the foreground with a celery field in the background.
Picture of rows of young lettuce plants stretching off into the distance.

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

SiGBerlin
5 hours ago

#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!

Dan Shick
5 hours ago

@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

ZZ Bottom
6 hours ago

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

Peter Keating
6 hours ago

#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)

Peter Keating
7 hours ago

#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:

Somersetlass 🇺🇦💙
8 hours ago

#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

An afternoon yellow and open-mouthed
with daffodils. The sun treads the path
among cedars and enormous oaks.
It might be a country house, guests strolling,
the rumps of gardeners between nursery shrubs.

I am reading poetry to the insane.
An old woman, interrupting, offers
as many buckets of coal as I need.
A beautiful chestnut-haired boy listens
entirely absorbed. A schizophrenic

on a good day, they tell me later.
In a cage of first March sun a woman
sits not listening, not feeling.
In her neat clothes the woman is absent.
A big, mild man is tenderly led

to his chair. He has never spoken.
His labourer’s hands on his knees, he rocks
gently to the rhythms of the poems.
I read to their presences, absences,
to the big, dumb labouring man as he rocks.

He is suddenly standing, silently,
huge and mild, but I feel afraid. Like slow
movement of spring water or the first bird
of the year in the breaking darkness,
the labourer’s voice recites ‘The Daffodils’.

The nurses are frozen, alert; the patients
seem to listen. He is hoarse but word-perfect.
Outside the daffodils are still as wax,
a thousand, ten thousand, their syllables
unspoken, their creams and yellows still.

Forty years ago, in a Valleys school,
the class recited poetry by rote.
Since the dumbness of misery fell
he has remembered there was a music
of speech and that once he had something to say.

When he’s done, before the applause, we observe
the flowers’ silence. A thrush sings
and the daffodils are flame.
Rasta™
10 hours ago

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

A small cat-sized dog, sits on the edge of the welcome mat at the door, that reads, 
Ask not for whom the dog barks
it barks for thee
10 hours ago

@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

Bjorn Idle
11 hours ago

@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

Bjorn Idle
11 hours ago

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

Close up of a grasshopper clinging onto a white window surround, seen from the side. The legs are a spotted red colour, the body green and black, with red and black wings. The eye is pale in a face mottled green, red, and black, and there's are white and black stripes running down the back of its head and upper thorax.

It seems very calm - indeed, it let me take a few pictures and saunter away while it clung onto its perch.
Evelyn
13 hours ago

@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.

sentient water
16 hours ago

@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.

Rachel Thorn
16 hours ago

@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!

Inaya Shujaat
17 hours ago

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

podkaynelives
18 hours ago

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

A white cat lies on her back outdoors on a pollen-covered patio table with her pink tongue sticking out.
Tyler McGee
18 hours ago

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

A top down view of highlighter yellow running shoes with the text “Time For Speed!” above them on an asphalt trail.
Franck_Raisch
19 hours ago

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

Grincheux 🚲
20 hours ago

Repost de @bonpoteofficiel avec #altText

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

Commentaire d'une image disant :"Que pensez-vous du dernier rapport du GIEC ?"
Sous-titre de l'image :"Emmanuel Macron :" et sur l'image une signature sous la phrase "Vu et s'en tape" avec un stylo Bic en bas à gauche de la signature
Ed Suominen
20 hours ago

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

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

An unpaved path in my woods, partially overgrown with brush. Some tall conifers to the left and shorter ones to the right. Lots of green, with a little bit of textured brown on the trunks. Solid blue sky peeking in the background behind the green branches and the tallest tree trunk.

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

Capture d'écran du pdf dans l'article mentionné en lien : 

🚓 TU SORS DE GAV ? 🚓

N’hésite pas à contacter l’Illegal Team de Nantes.
C’est un collectif qui fait du soutien aux personnes subissant la répression policière et judiciaire dans les manifs et ailleurs. Ce soutien peut prendre plusieurs formes : thunes, préparation de procès, accompagnement aux rdv avocat.e.s/audiences, contact d’avocat.e.s pénalistes. Si tu as des questions sur ton dossier,
tu peux nous contacter :

☎️ 06.75.30.95.45
💻 illegalteamnantes@riseup.net

🥑 Les avocats pénalistes que nous pouvons te conseiller sont :
Maxime GOUACHE
Stéphane VALLÉE
Pierre HURIET
Rev. Charles Browning
20 hours ago

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…

Grincheux 🚲
20 hours ago

Repost from @bruces with #altText

Image from the trolley dilemma (a black and white drawing with a man who is supposed to action a railway switch in order to save one member of his family or a group of random people from being crashed by the trolley) with no trolley on it and with the text :"There is no trolley. We killed it in the 20th century in favour of automobile dependent suburban sprawl :("

#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

Capture d'écran du pdf dans l'article mentionné en lien : 

🚓 TU SORS DE GAV ? 🚓

N’hésite pas à contacter l’Illegal Team de Nantes.
C’est un collectif qui fait du soutien aux personnes subissant la répression policière et judiciaire dans les manifs et ailleurs. Ce soutien peut prendre plusieurs formes : thunes, préparation de procès, accompagnement aux rdv avocat.e.s/audiences, contact d’avocat.e.s pénalistes. Si tu as des questions sur ton dossier,
tu peux nous contacter :

☎️ 06.75.30.95.45
💻 illegalteamnantes@riseup.net

🥑 Les avocats pénalistes que nous pouvons te conseiller sont :
Maxime GOUACHE
Stéphane VALLÉE
Pierre HURIET
punko
1 day ago

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.

Mar :mastodance: :purplecheck:
1 day ago

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

Watercolor picture that has a gold and green background with a painting of a brown horse with white on his nose. It is in a brown picture frame.
anne. 🎉
1 day ago

Primedays. Am I right? 😅

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

#Retro #RetroGaming #StarWars #ChronoTrigger #ALTText

Chrono Trigger. The party loses to Spekkio at the End of Time. The goblin gloats "HEHEHEHE!! I WIN!". Marle (Daddy) and Frog's prone bodies are visible. The game is being played on the Anbernic RG35XX.
Joan Albright
1 day ago

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

Mar :mastodance: :purplecheck:
1 day ago

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

#MooseLove
#dogsofmastodon
#Mar
#alttext

2 years ago my medium size brown dog Moose was taking a walk down the road. He's standing there looking like the happy boy thath he is.
sentient water
1 day ago

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

PJ Coffey
1 day ago

#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

PJ Coffey
1 day ago

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

Evelyn
1 day ago

@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.

Joan Albright
2 days ago

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

Cassandra FM
2 days ago

(#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.))

Joan Albright
2 days ago

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

Cassandra FM
2 days ago

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

Roni Laukkarinen
2 days ago

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

Kaya
2 days ago

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

Hazelnoot
2 days ago

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

Ciara
2 days ago
Dr. Kelly O. Sullivan
3 days ago

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.

Rasta™
3 days ago

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

A white cat with Head wedged behind keyboard
Jess the Dessert Geek!
3 days ago

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

Rasta™
3 days ago

"But I don't like the cat."

"Shut up and eat your dinner!"

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

A stunned looking cat. Up close. Eyes and a perplexed look..
PostOrientalism
3 days ago

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

Albanese and Wong are watching an animated speech happening on the speakers soapbox in Hyde Park under the banner 
VENT AGAINST AUKUS
$1 PER MINUTE
Paul Keating is ranting into a microphone with its big speakers. Waiting in a line we see speakers Turnbull, Garrett, et al including MUA, no audience is suggested.
Albo says to Penny:
WELL, IT'S *ONE* WAY OF RAINING $368 BILLION...
Jess the Dessert Geek!
3 days ago

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

NekoArc
3 days ago

#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

PostOrientalism
3 days ago

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

We are in a park on the edge of a major city. A couple sit in their portable camp chairs, he's pontificating; she's holding the baby, next to their tent & their clothes on their clothesline.
He: THOSE $368 BILLION SUBS WILL PRESERVE OUR WAY OF LIFE!
She: WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN A TENT.
Rasta™
3 days ago

"Talk to the paw!"

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

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

A cat holds up a paw against the camera
Kris
3 days ago

@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

the trouble with mia
3 days ago

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

punko
4 days ago

@RadicalGraffiti #AltText would be, though…

punko
4 days ago

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

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

Evelyn
4 days ago

@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

Nick Bax
4 days ago

@davidzipper #AltText a screenshot of the linked page.

Somersetlass 🇺🇦💙
5 days ago

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

#ImWithGary #ToryBritain #Lineker #IllegalMigrationBill

Reposting with #AltText for those who use screenreaders.

#Alt4You -

Gary Lineker is smiling as he walks past the memorial to George Orwell outside the BBC. The words engraved read "If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." Behind is a mob carrying torches, led by Lee Anderson brandishing a red hot poker; Julia Hartley Brewer; Mike Graham holding up a sign saying "Gary Liniker You Shithouse" (sic); Dan Wootton; Nigel Farage in a flat-cap; and Laurence Fox, with an elongated head, wearing a Spiderman costume and carrying a guitar. The statue of Orwell is smiling.
Jenna
6 days ago

@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 ))

Roni Laukkarinen
6 days ago

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

Image on Mastodon Bird UI with no alt text, it has a badge that says "No alt" in the bottom right corner.

Also: A bunny jumping over the horse fence is the actual image that is missing the alt text.
Image on Mastodon Bird UI with no alt text, it has a badge that says "No alt" in the bottom right corner. The same looking badge but on focus/hover it's red-ish.

Also: A bunny jumping over the horse fence is the actual image that is missing the alt text.
Claudius Link
1 week ago

@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 😬​)

Claudius Link
1 week ago

@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!

Cassandra FM
1 week ago

@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

Robert Kingett
1 week ago

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!

Somersetlass 🇺🇦💙
1 week ago

@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:

Rhianna and Sir Terry Pratchett. She is sitting slightly behind him, with her chin on his shoulder and her arms around him. Unusually, he is bare-headed. Both are looking into the camera; she is smiling, while he looks serious but perhaps with a hint of a smile. Their love for each other shines through the lens.
Roni Laukkarinen
1 week ago

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

Image without alt blurred to represent visually how hard it is to see text from image if there is no description.
Roni Laukkarinen
1 week ago

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