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Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

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  • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

    Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

    Hugz & xXx

    geeksam@ruby.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
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    #27

    @MelissaBearTrix @GeePawHill depends on whether the account is @nocontexttrek 😍

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    • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

      Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

      Hugz & xXx

      noondlyt@hellions.cloudN This user is from outside of this forum
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      #28

      @MelissaBearTrix

      The best stuff is often written in the alt text. If you don't read you are missing out.

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      • noondlyt@hellions.cloudN noondlyt@hellions.cloud

        @MelissaBearTrix

        The best stuff is often written in the alt text. If you don't read you are missing out.

        melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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        #29

        @noondlyt

        I know ... I read 99.99% of the time

        Hugz & xXx

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        • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

          Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

          Hugz & xXx

          zekovski@pouet.chapril.orgZ This user is from outside of this forum
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          #30

          @MelissaBearTrix
          I've started reading less because I know some people I can trust without having to check before boosting.

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          • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

            Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

            Hugz & xXx

            linuxandyarn@hachyderm.ioL This user is from outside of this forum
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            #31

            @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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            • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

              Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

              Hugz & xXx

              essjayjay@tech.lgbtE This user is from outside of this forum
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              #32

              @MelissaBearTrix

              Always.
              FTR, I am not visually impaired (for my age).

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              • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                Hugz & xXx

                shaknais@mastodon.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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                #33

                @MelissaBearTrix

                Some days I'm blind so...

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                • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                  Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                  Hugz & xXx

                  yetzt@social.yetzt.meY This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @MelissaBearTrix why no option for 50-51% or 99-100%?

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                  • yetzt@social.yetzt.meY yetzt@social.yetzt.me

                    @MelissaBearTrix why no option for 50-51% or 99-100%?

                    melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM This user is from outside of this forum
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                    #35

                    @yetzt

                    {Deep breath}

                    Pardon

                    Giggles ... There is always one

                    Hugz & xXx

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                    • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                      Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                      Hugz & xXx

                      jetlagjen@gts.phillipsuk.orgJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                      #36

                      @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.

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                      • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                        Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                        Hugz & xXx

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                        #37

                        @MelissaBearTrix Not only do I read it, I am far, far more likely to boost posts that use it, but only "favorite" ones that don't use it.

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                        • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                          Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                          Hugz & xXx

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                          #38

                          @MelissaBearTrix
                          If I don't just scroll past an image, I usually read it.
                          I also read it, before boosting and if it's low quality I don't boost.

                          If someone posts an "AI"-image without mentioning it in the Alt-Text, I also block them (with one exception so far of someone who I'm curious who still interacts with them and boosts their posts).

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                          • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                            Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                            Hugz & xXx

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                            #39

                            @MelissaBearTrix

                            Yes. Not always, but usually. Some (like me) use alt text to not only describe the image, but add extra background info. 500 char a toot just ain't enough! For some bizarre reason, my instance allows alt text that's much longer than toots. 🤷

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                            • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                              Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                              Hugz & xXx

                              redcrew@mstdn.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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                              #40

                              @MelissaBearTrix Yes, all the time. I wear glasses to read.

                              Lots of helpful info in alt text I wouldn't know without reading it.

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                              • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                                Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                                Hugz & xXx

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                                #41

                                @MelissaBearTrix if we're talking about social media, yes. If we're talking about general web surfing, not usually.

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                                • deborahh@cosocial.caD deborahh@cosocial.ca

                                  @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.

                                  rndanger@infosec.exchangeR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  #42

                                  @deborahh @EricLawton @kagan @uxMark @MelissaBearTrix
                                  I often think about two specific gif alt texts i saw. In one image Snoop Dogg was repeatedly hitting a response button in a posh gameshow setting, it got labeled "a man in a chair wears a hat". The other one had Conan the Librarian from UHF lifting a man by his collar with one arm, it was labeled "a man wears gold cuffs"

                                  So yeah, i try to read before i boost!

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                                  • melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.onlineM melissabeartrix@gives.hugz.online

                                    Do you read Alt Text, no, serious do you?

                                    Hugz & xXx

                                    edwing@mstdn.moimeme.caE This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @MelissaBearTrix @SnowyCA When I try to understand what I’m looking at.

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