I am once again begging big account folks and especially media folks to take the five seconds and copy/paste into the alt text field. Come on. It is not a heavy ask. - ThreadSky

gwensnyder.bsky.social • 8 days ago

I am once again begging big account folks and especially media folks to take the five seconds and copy/paste into the alt text field.

Come on. It is not a heavy ask.

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kingoflakemoor.bsky.social•8 days ago

This is so screen readers can access it?

gwensnyder.bsky.social•8 days ago

Yep!

kingoflakemoor.bsky.social•8 days ago

Question: why don't the screen readers read the body of a tweet? They are designed to only pull in alt text?

gwensnyder.bsky.social•8 days ago

They read the body of the tweet, but alt text is a description field for images

kingoflakemoor.bsky.social•8 days ago

So it's still a small ask, describe the picture in the alt text. But it's not a copy/paste

gwensnyder.bsky.social•8 days ago

In the case of images with text screenshots, you copy and paste the text you're screenshotting into the field. I'm tired of people pulling article excerpts with no alt text

scaryintrovert.bsky.social•8 days ago

I put ChatGPT on my phone for this purpose. It's better than I am at describing photos. https://bsky.app/profile/scaryintrovert.bsky.social/post/3ljg42minxs2p

agnoster.bsky.social•8 days ago

I wish we’d stop pretending it’s not more work - sometimes you can’t just copy and paste, you have to write text

Worth doing if you care about accessibility, which I believe you should, but absolutely a nuisance. You are choosing to take on some work so others can access

mjfgates.bsky.social•8 days ago

The phrase "media people" is kind of key, here. If posting images is your job, posting the alt-text is also your job.

agnoster.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yeah, I broadly agree. I just mean we should stop pretending it’s “so easy”

“Alt text is worthwhile work” feels more accurate

hvrcrftfullofeels.bsky.social•7 days ago

a little typing IS so easy.

agnoster.bsky.social•7 days ago

A belief that “it’s easy for me, therefore it’s objectively easy” is the root of a LOT of ableism

hvrcrftfullofeels.bsky.social•7 days ago

those for whom it IS easy should do it, for those for whom seeing it IS.

lea3193.bsky.social•8 days ago

When I started posting, I didn't realize you had to add the alt text. I thought it was automatic. I don't know if that was just me being oblivious or if others have thought the same thing.

stiggylou.bsky.social•7 days ago

Some people don’t realise who finds alt text useful. For those who don’t know, it’s low and no sight people who use screen readers to engage with content.

I’ve seen some amazingly evocative alt text today.

violavoila.bsky.social•7 days ago

To add text to images without it:
- scan and copy any text on image
- save image to phone
- put image in a new post and paste text into alt text box

clairecopperman.bsky.social•8 days ago

It's so easy to do, and makes such a difference.

zaycrescendo.bsky.social•8 days ago

This on repeat!!! 🎯👆🏽🗣

leemacl8.bsky.social•8 days ago

Also done people are missing some great editorial cartoons without the text.

leemacl8.bsky.social•7 days ago

Some people 🤦

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