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I can’t make people care enough to write #AltText for their images, but I can refuse to boost posts that don’t have Alt Text for their images.

I’m sure I’m not alone.

Boost this if you do the same.

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1y

The next blog post for #TheFutureIsFederated will focus on #accessibility.

With everything I have been learning about #AltText, #CamelCase and screen readers, I am deeply embarrassed and sorry about my previous Mastodon display name.

All the emojis (pencil, sparkle, camera) and TWO asterism symbols (before/after my name) could have caused problems for people who use screen readers.

I'm so so sorry, I didn't know. I removed everything and I'm only keeping one asterism symbol after my name

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29d

Blue on blue.

#StormHour #birds #birding #BirdPhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #photography #AltText

ALT

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21d

Presenting the Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report #3.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/alt-text-health-check-image-accessibility-report-3/

#AltText #AltTextHealthCheck #accessibility #ImageDescription #fediverse

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22d

Never thought about this. Use the good ol' image maps to provide alt text for possibly more complicated images https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/imagemap/

The `href` attribute for `<area>` may be omitted too https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Reference/Elements/area#href

Via https://www.manuelsanchezdev.com/advent-2025/1 #AltText

Screenshot of a web page titled "Example 1: An organizational chart with links to individual pages," featuring explanatory text describing how the chart provides clickable links to directors’ home pages with text alternatives.

The visual example shows a hierarchical organizational chart with light green rectangular nodes connected by black lines: "Davy Jones: Chairman" at the top; "Carole Brewster: Company Secretary" directly below; and three directors beneath—"Henry H Brown: Marketing Director", "Paula Holbein: Sales Director" and "Hugh Howard: Financial Director".

Below the chart, a "Code" section displays HTML implementation details, including an `<img>` tag with `alt="Board of directors and related staff:"` and `usemap="#Map"`, followed by a `<map>` element with `<area>` tags defining clickable regions (e.g., `coords="176,14,323,58"` for Davy Jones) and corresponding `alt` attributes specifying names and roles (e.g., `alt="Davy Jones: Chairman"`).

The example emphasizes accessibility through descriptive text alternatives for each linked area.

ALT

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328d

Oh nice, Mastodon is getting an alt text reminder.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/33760

#mastodon #accessibility #AltText

ALT

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1y

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.12 👩‍🚀

"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 2)"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/beyond-technical-features-why-we-need-to-talk-about-the-values-of-the-fediverse-part-2/

mentioning: @alttexthalloffame @Gargron @FediTips @ivory @IceCubesApp @Tusky @Simx72 @phanpy @jon @mathi_gwithyas @rysiek

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog #accessibility #AltText #CW #ContentWarnings #Phanpy #Ivory #Tusky #Mastodon #IceCubes

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1y

Via https://thecatapi.com
#Bot #CatsOfMastodon #Catstodon #Cat #Caturday #AltText

Alt text: A cat lying down on a blue surface with a paperback book placed on its back. The book's cover appears to be a black-colored design with white text, although the specific content is not clearly discernible.

ALT

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8d

Currently writing a self-hosting guide for newbies, showing off the beauty and ease of #YunoHost.

Part 1 was really popular - beyond my expectations - with 1500+ unique visitors. Thank you!

For reference:

🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/

Part 2 (step-by-step installation and post-installation) will be super visual. I tried to keep things simple but I still have 27 - yes TWENTY-SEVEN - screenshots. I'll keep #AltText relevant to each step on a need to know basis or else it will turn into a novel... and will be too overwhelming for people using screen readers.

Aiming to get it published by Wednesday AKA the one year anniversary of the start of my own self-hosting adventures with YunoHost.

This is the guide I wish I had had back in the day... I would have started A LOT sooner. I'm basically writing it to my old self, hoping it will be useful for others 🥹

PSA: if you're using YunoHost please consider donating to them, to keep the project healthy and long-lasting (it's run by a team of volunteers, maintaining hundreds of apps): https://donate.yunohost.org

#MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS #advocacy #selfhosting

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1y

Via https://thecatapi.com
#Bot #CatsOfMastodon #Catstodon #Cat #AltText

A fluffy ginger cat is lying on a bed with its legs stretched out. Beneath it, a black and white cat is playfully positioned upside down, with its paws resting on the other cat’s head. Both cats appear relaxed and comfortable.

ALT

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1y

Really nice touch for alt text on Phanpy. As your mouse hovers over an image, the corresponding alt text is highlighted below.

#AltText #Phanpy #FediApps #mastodonapps

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171d

Adding alt text to your images in posts isn’t only showing solidarity for visually impaired followers, it also helps people discover your posts.

For example, if they are searching a word or phrase that happens to be in your image description.
#alttext

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345d

Kleine Erinnerung

Wenn ihr den #altbot eure #alttext|e schreiben lasst und die Texte dann nicht nehmt um sie eurem Bild hinzuzufügen habt ihr immer noch ein Bild ohne #alttext und sinnlos Ressourcen verschwendet.

Schreibt die #alttext|e besser gleich selbst. Kostet nur ein paar Sekunden Zeit und spart jede Menge Energie.

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299d

Interesting series of blog posts by @dries :

- "Comparing local large language models for alt-text generation" https://dri.es/comparing-local-llms-for-alt-text-generation - both GPT-4o & Claude 3.5 Sonnet = Grade A
- "Automating alt-text generation with AI" https://dri.es/automating-alt-text-generation-ai - uses @simon llm tool
- "Trusting AI with my images wasn't easy" https://dri.es/trusting-ai-with-my-images-was-not-easy

#AltText

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171d

Today's #MothOfTheDay is a nationally scarce micro #moth. But one did visit the moth box Friday night. If you see spindle covered in massive webs, it is likely to be a common, indeterminate form of yponomeuta spindle ermine. This one, with grey suffusion, however, is not common at all:

SCARCE SPINDLE ERMINE
yponomeuta irrorella

#moths #mothsandbutterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #garden #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

Side on shot of 0.5cm moth on a wooden outdoors table. It faces right. It is long and tubular, holding its wing very tight to its abdomen It is white with a number of random black dots, particularly more so running in a line along the outside wing edge close to the table surface, but they are generally all over. Its distinctive markings from other yponomeuta species are areas of grey suffusion, a faint spot on its back, a larger smudge in the middle of the wing, and again greying to the fringed termen (back wing edge furthest away from its head). It has two coiled orange galeae (like a thin, long tongue) for feeding and long white antennae which it holds close to its body. It has a tiny head which pinhead eyes (right side only visible in this picture) and two palps (lips) which curve up from its mouth. It also has thin white legs.

ALT

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317d

🚀 Mastodon Alt-Text generator

Important improvements to the script! 📸

1️⃣ Replaced status and media_ids[] with a more robust update function.
2️⃣ Improved HTML tag handling with smart cleaning to preserve line breaks.
3️⃣ Added an infinite loop with a 60s delay to continuously analyze images in posts.
4️⃣ Enhanced error handling, with specific exceptions for redirects and other request issues.

For those who missed the project: https://github.com/matlfb/mastodon-alt-text-generator

#dev #mastodev #mastodon #alttext

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212d

I feel like I'm seeing less and less #alttext on images that cross my timeline, and it's not good, y'all. Please don't exclude our visually impaired friends. Thanks!

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251d

PSA: If you request to follow, I'll reject you if you don't #alttext your images or do performative alttext, eg with Altbots. #blind

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222d

Retro project.

First shot at making a small wooden box, this for a 4-CD blues/gospel mix I intend to give as a gift to someone who still enjoys the format.

Joints are mitred and pinned as can be seen if you look closely.

CD working title: 'Blues & Pews'

(See replies for further developments & stay tuned; I'll post the playlist on completion. After that: a series on my fave 'fuck corporate waste' project'.)

@pluralistic

#crafts #art #music #photography #blues #gospel #alttext

A small project strewn over a kitchen counter. Two blue joint clamps on a hardwood cutting board holding work in progress (0.25" 1.5" x 5.0" pine), a distinctive yellow and black drill, a red jar cap, a bottle of wood glue, materials and offcuts, the handle of a mitre saw, a ruled grey self-healing cutting pad below all.

ALT

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199d

Finding it too hard to describe images you're posting online?

It's okay, you don't have to overthink it! Write how you'd describe the image to a friend over the phone.

Still having trouble? Tag your post with the "Alt4Me" hashtag, and someone will be happy to help you out!

#AltText #ImageDescription #accessibility #SocialMedia

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193d

Virginia is my homeland and I get to bring a little piece of it back to Florida with me. My parents had me while they were students at Virginia Tech, just 45 mins away from where the conference was held.

As fun as it had been to access #clay so easily in the environment here, it’s only possible because about a foot of top soil has been lost to farming, deforestation, etc. Also, the labor of the enslaved is baked into each clay brick in the buildings on Hollins campus. (Lots of #alttext.)