Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
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@MelissaBearTrix @deborahh I especially read alt text when considering boosting a post, just to be sure it seems reasonable and not something like “a landscape”
@uxMark @MelissaBearTrix I admit, though: I find capybaras irresistable, but the CapybaraBot alttext is only ever "image of a capybara".
Mostly I resist … and then some few just neeeed to be boosted! #sorryNotSorry
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@MelissaBearTrix @deborahh I especially read alt text when considering boosting a post, just to be sure it seems reasonable and not something like “a landscape”
@uxMark This right here. Just checking that there is an alt text isn't enough to boost; it's got to be *actually useful for someone who can't see the image*.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix My favourite recent alt-text is "screenshot". Why even bother.
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@uxMark @MelissaBearTrix sometimes, when I want to boost, but alttext is missing, I'll reply to the post with #alt4you, hoping the poster will edit to add thr alt text. Some do.
I do wonder if, when they don't, a reply with #alt4you helps those who need #alttext, though. Or it it's just lost.
Maybe @ChristineMalec has experience with that?
@deborahh @uxMark @MelissaBearTrix I'm going with "just lost," cause this doesn't sound familiar.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix all the time! I can't always load images, and even when I can, I'm often very bad at realising what I'm looking at. It's not my eyes, it's my brain
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@MelissaBearTrix My favourite recent alt-text is "screenshot". Why even bother.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix The only time I don't is when i know they'll describe something well.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix I don't know the exact statistic for myself but there's a lot of people who do it 100% of the time. I'm not blind so it probably isn't very often for me.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix skim it, usually
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@EricLawton @kagan @uxMark @MelissaBearTrix worst is so-called AI alttext: may be an image of a man in a suit. But for a visually impaired person, in some instances, this may be better than "image", I'd guess.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix @GeePawHill depends on whether the account is @nocontexttrek
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
The best stuff is often written in the alt text. If you don't read you are missing out.
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The best stuff is often written in the alt text. If you don't read you are missing out.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix
I've started reading less because I know some people I can trust without having to check before boosting. -
Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix I mostly read before boosting to make sure it's real and not some useless slop.
Sometimes I read if I'm not sure what something is, or if I know someone tends to have great text.
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
Always.
FTR, I am not visually impaired (for my age). -
Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
Some days I'm blind so...
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix why no option for 50-51% or 99-100%?
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@MelissaBearTrix why no option for 50-51% or 99-100%?
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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix most of the time.
I'm not visually impaired. I do have myopia and astigmatism. I also find concentrating hard and have light sensitivity.
Alt puts screenshots of text into my choice of font, size and colour, making them much easier to read.
I often don't recognise people in photos, so alt helps me work out what's going on.
Sometimes I'm just curious as to what it says and can be treated to words that are just as pretty as the picture.
