Very frustrating. I am trying to make my stuff accessible and those efforts are being totally wasted for video. If I had known animation didn’t support alt text, I’d just post the description on the post. Guess that’s what I’m going to do going forward
I went to check, the ones I saw play as they should, except none have the alt text. Is there a save button that maybe needs to be clicked once the text is put in before posting?
Idk why they made this decision, because sometimes people don't full-on need a screen reader to benefit from alt text, but hopefully they change it eventually.
Omg that’s great news! I mean, not great that it’s invisible to other people, but I’m really happy that the actual intended use of the alt text still is functional with video. Thanks for letting me know! I’ll continue using alt text on the videos then.
Yahoo apparently alt text still shows up for screen readers with animations, so even if people can’t see the alt text, it’s there! It won’t help for tagging/people trying to mute things, but as a more important accessibility feature, it works. I’m satisfied with that for now.
The hero we need! Thanks for that. Alt text should first and foremost be an accessibility tool but it holds a lot of other functions and I don’t think it’s an especially big ask for them to fix it.
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Great art (as always)
Oh really? I think i've heard of it 🤔
Love this piece. Kinda reminds me of Panty & Stocking.
Just spitballing here as I don't know myself.