Gregory's Server
Welcome new artists, on .art and otherwise!
The fediverse has a huge community of blind and partially sighted users who rely on screenreaders to interact with posts with media. Alt text exists for this reason; without it, a screenreader will just say 'image' - but you, dear artist, can provide a more appropriate description of the image or photograph you're sharing.
See https://mastodon.art/@Curator/109279035107793247 .
Accessibility is important, and many of us won't share un-described media.
@Curator
And a request.
I post a lot of images (photos and memes) and type alt-text on each one - I’m happy to do this and find no hardship or inconvenience whatever.
However…
In viewing posts with alt-text attached, very often the quantity typed obscures the image and I don’t see a way around this (iOS, phone & iPad, using Toot! app).
It would be lovely if we had an option to suppress alt-text so sighted viewers can enjoy the original image.
Thanks!
Cynthia
@Curator
And a request.
I post a lot of images (photos and memes) and type alt-text on each one - I’m happy to do this and find no hardship or inconvenience whatever.
However…
In viewing posts with alt-text attached, very often the quantity typed obscures the image and I don’t see a way around this (iOS, phone & iPad, using Toot! app).