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ChanceyFleet

@chu I’m still wrapping my head around this. If the text is subd, can the screen reader read it? The presenter’s image is probably relevant — i do want to know if they have pink hair or a good outfit

5 August at 3:01 | Open on mas.to
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T Chu 朱

@ChanceyFleet

I had assumed the screen readers could read the text, but I honestly don't know how it works.

I'm happy to know that you are interested if the presenter has pink hair or big glasses. I will try to include this kind of information. Thanks!

5 August at 3:05 | Open on climatejustice.social
ChanceyFleet

@chu It's a weird ambiguity now. On Youtube or other streaming services we can have subtitles spoken or brailled so what remains as a challenge is image description

5 August at 3:10 | Open on mas.to
T Chu 朱

@ChanceyFleet

Thanks for this! I will try and do better going forward.

The videos I am talking about generally have subs and there's already audio (the person is speaking) so what's really missing is what it looks like. I had tried to do a few with "person looking into camera, background is of books" but all of it felt pretty lame. It's also not really relevant. But knowing that someone appreciates knowing what the person is wearing, their hair, maybe their gender makes a world of difference to how I will alt text going forward. Thanks!

@ChanceyFleet

Thanks for this! I will try and do better going forward.

The videos I am talking about generally have subs and there's already audio (the person is speaking) so what's really missing is what it looks like. I had tried to do a few with "person looking into camera, background is of books" but all of it felt pretty lame. It's also not really relevant. But knowing that someone appreciates knowing what the person is wearing, their hair, maybe their gender makes a world of difference to how...

5 August at 3:13 | Open on climatejustice.social
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