hey, gentle reminder that alt text helps sight-impaired people and also helps clueless idiots such as myself who have no idea what that image you posted is from - ThreadSky

tomtomorrow.bsky.social • 67 days ago

hey, gentle reminder that alt text helps sight-impaired people and also helps clueless idiots such as myself who have no idea what that image you posted is from

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litterygeniarse.bsky.social•66 days ago

I do it most of the time.
If I haven't feel free to ask and I'll get to it.

tamidon.bsky.social•67 days ago

And you can go into your settings on the left here, and make it so you get reminded every time you try to post an image. Useful for forgetful types like me

asadiablo.me•67 days ago

Not to mention getting a whole lot more characters to write things that won't appear in the original post. Imagine the level of detail you could put into a single post just by adding an image and alt-text.

lilyswaller.bsky.social•67 days ago

Thanks. I'm not even sure what it is, but because of what you said I'm going to find out and start using it. Great suggestion!

inasketch.bsky.social•67 days ago

Plus: they're fun to write!

sarahethelinde.bsky.social•66 days ago

One more hint! If you don't want to type it all out, you don't have to. You can use voice recognition.

sarahethelinde.bsky.social•66 days ago

If you are reposting an image without alt text, don't just repost it. You can save the image and then add alt text when you post it.

sarahethelinde.bsky.social•66 days ago

For instructions on how to do alt text, go to my pinned post at my profile. Thank you so much internet friend Tom Tom for boosting the alt text!

libroseitm.bsky.social•60 days ago

I especially love it on art, cus sometimes the artist will point out something I won't have noticed!

multitude2.bsky.social•67 days ago

I was stumped by a Three Ghosts of Christmas post.

Ok, there’s Bob Dylan. A British guy that I think was friends with Madonna? And a lady who I don’t know.

I got to Rupert Everett, Fiona, and Bob Dylan eventually through Google, but whew alt-text would have been so much easier.

katywar.bsky.social•67 days ago

And there’s a hint as to what would load if I had better cell service! It helps olds and rurals alike.

okiest.bsky.social•67 days ago

I still maintain that the Apple Play track info is biased against uncool people like myself.

janfreeman.bsky.social•67 days ago

Don't you think at least some of the people posting those images without ID are trying to exclude us clueless idiots on purpose? IYKYK, if you don't then you are not worthy.