disappointed that I'm seeing more and more non-captioned images cross my TL. I understand and respect that there are a lot of new people around and that means the culture will shift and change with them, but this is one aspect of fedi culture that I would really like to preserve.
so, if you are able, please please please caption your images!
so, if you are able, please please please caption your images!
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in reply to Andrew Allen • • •In the web interface, after it has finished uploading an image, it will show the image below the content box, and overlayed on the bottom of the image it will say "(i) No description added". If you click that, you can add your descriptive text (and choose where the thumbnail is cropped).
It should be similar in other apps, but the wording and placement may vary.
duncan
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Unknown parent • • •Content warning: Where to click
duncan
Unknown parent • • •When you upload an image, most clients will give you the option to add a "caption" to it so that screen readers & other accesibility tools can use that for visually impaired people.
On the mastodon web UI, it looks something like this (screenshots attached). You would upload the picture and then click "Edit", which will bring up the window in the second screenshot. After you publish the post, if you hover over the image with your mouse, you will see a tooltip come up with your alt-text.
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Yvonne Lavelle
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in reply to Yvonne Lavelle • • •for another thing, CWs are incredibly useful, much digital ink has been spilled on here about them and I'd rather not get into a big argument about them. If you don't want to use them, that is your choice, but just be aware that posting specific things without a CW could have ramifications.
If you don't want to have to open CWs constantly, there is a setting in your preferences that looks like this, that will change the posts you see to be always opened
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in reply to duncan • • •We do captioned images on @EqualRightsAdvocates and @EqualPayToday if you’re interested in issues pertaining to #genderjustice and want to give us a follow!
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in reply to duncan • • •Kia ora and thanks for this exchange.
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in reply to duncan • • •It's long because I try to personalise, but I hope it works ...
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Unknown parent • • •feel free to ask if you have any more questions!
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in reply to Evelyn :lesbian_heart: • • •but also, we have to balance access needs. there are a lot of chronically ill people on here, and sometimes adding a caption to a post that already took spoons to create is too much. one of the norms we've established here is helping people tag images when they ask for help, and putting some technical barrier in place to prevent images without captions means that we'll see fewer posts from people without the spoons to do so
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in reply to duncan • • •Just a perspective from a newbie.
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CSS to make un-described images more evident
GistGiselle
in reply to duncan • • •The caption doesn't have to be long. When you don't have the spoons for it then something concise is fine, like: a cat; a dog. Or if you can do more: a fluffy cat; a dog lying on sofa. That kind of thing.
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