Happy #WorldSightDay!
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Happy #WorldSightDay!
To promote the importance of accessibility on social media, I'd like to propose a community action: When you see an image posted on your feed without alt text, instead of boosting it, or asking the person who posted it to add it, consider replying with your own description, together with the hashtag "Alt4You".
Trouble writing alt text for your own images? Tag your post with "Alt4Me", and someone will help you out!
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
Need more tips on how to write good alt text? Here's a quick guide!
Alt Text Hall of Fame (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Reposting this amazing guide on how to write helpful alt text from https://www.perkins.org/resource/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/, originally posted by @[email protected] (including her original image description) so that I can pin it. #AltText #ImageDescription #accessibility #a11y
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
Find more tips over at https://alttexthalloffame.org.
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Robert Birmingreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan Great stuff! I added the Harvard one to the 'Accessibility' category at https://birming.com/blog-inspiration/
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Robert Birming last edited by
@birming Nice, thank you for spreading awareness!
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@stefan This is great advice. My personal rule is I don't boost stuff without alt text, unless I (or in rare cases, someone else) has added an #Alt4You reply. Also if there's room I try to add something like: "please consider adding alt text to your images, it helps keep the fedi accessible. Feel free to use or adapt this description!"
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@Eliot_L Very thoughtful!
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
Missed the #WorldSightDay yesterday!
Good news, you can do this every day, give it a try!
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
Missed the #WorldSightDay yesterday?
Good news, you can do this every day, give it a try!
