People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities".
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People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
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People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
@eloquence Another use of alt text: when a post "breaches containment" (Tumblr for "Gets shared outside of the community it orriginates, and thus is in front of a large number of viewers who lack the orriginal context), the alt text can provide a crucial starting point to answer questions like "What part of this image is important?" And " What is this referencing?"
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People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
@eloquence Thank you for saying this!
Despite ostensibly having useful functioning vision, I often struggle to discern what a photo is intended to communicate, even tho I can "see" it just fine.While one could argue (rightly, even) that this is still a cognitive impairment on some level, I don't think those are the kind of disabilities people are thinking of.
It's just a little added clarity for *anyone* who needs it, lovely
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People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
@eloquence I sometimes have troubles with images loading. I use the alt text to know what is even in the post.
Also, sometimes I don't get what they're trying to show in an image. Alt text usually explains it. Sometimes, when it comes to someone making a joke, it's the only way I even get it... But also with complex/professional things, sometimes it helps me understand a thing I might not at all otherwise.
I have exceptionally good vision. I can see the individual pixels on my monitor (I had to get a slightly bigger screen than I normally would, so DPI is not optimal for me.) You're not kidding when you say alt-text benefits everyone. It truly does...
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People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
@eloquence I often don't recognize prominent people and it helps a lot if their names are in the alt text.
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People tend to think of ALT text as a "good thing to do for people with disabilities". That is true, but also reductive. It is useful for everyone, as is generally the case with accessibility.
I sometimes see posts with screenshots of text in a language I don't speak. If they had ALT text, I could use the "Translate" feature, and it would translate both the post and the transcription.
If you post in English, everyone who doesn't speak English fluently will benefit from ALT text.
@eloquence I am sometimes on with a bad connection, and alt text helps me decide if I want to commit to seeing the full image.
