@ChanceyFleet It really helps that Mastodon shows the...

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@ChanceyFleet It really helps that Mastodon shows the alt texts prominently. I love reading them which motivates me to write alt texts myself.

On Twitter I never knew if anyone would even notice the alt texts.

Like 5 August at 9:45 | Wall-to-wall | Open on shark.community

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Jack Linke 🦄

@truh @ChanceyFleet I use Mastodon on Android, and don't know how to view the alt text. I always see what looks like a little "Alt" button overplayed on images, bit it's not clickable - it just pops up the underlying image. What am I missing? How does one read the alts?

5 August at 11:45 | Open on social.jacklinke.com

truh

@jack @ChanceyFleet Huh, maybe it's just a Tusky thing that it shows the alt texts prominently.

5 August at 11:48 | Open on shark.community

Spookie

@jack I think that depends on the browser. With Firefox on Android you can long press the picture. Then on the upper side of the pop-up you have the start of the text. If you tap there once again, the full alt-text is shown. No idea for other browsers.

5 August at 13:53 | Open on wien.rocks

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