Does that tell you what you needed to know?
For describing images that aren't of text, this is a pretty decent guide (although I'd err a bit more on the side of including any text, personally):
https://bsky.app/profile/jayispainting.earthskyart.ca/post/3layusncmb22w
For describing images that aren't of text, this is a pretty decent guide (although I'd err a bit more on the side of including any text, personally):
https://bsky.app/profile/jayispainting.earthskyart.ca/post/3layusncmb22w
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JayIsPainting
Alt text does not need to be hard to write. You do not have to write paragraphs. In fact, in most cases you probably shouldn't. People using screen readers are not likely to want to have to listen to a 3 minute alt text of you describing your cat.
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If I post something like this:
"a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it"
My impulse would be to write "Marlon Brando says 'The Horror, the horror,' in Apocalypse Now"
Which option is better?
It's information that someone who knows the film will be able to glean from the gif.
I'd err on the side of too much information rather than too little, as long as you're not making it verbose.
(I'm a former web publisher with accessibility experience: my rule for alt text was always "content and context".)