Alt text that doesn't tell what's in a picture isn't useful for people who need alt text
It IS possible to describe an image for those who can't see/process it AND make jokes about it. The character limit's big
#UseAltText
Yes this is about the post of a guy in a blue suit*
*I think. I can't 👀 it
[ID: image is text. I think it reads "I need help paying rent. My children need safe place to live. Help" Then paylink: PayPal.me/albinac1981 /]
If your #MutualAid posts have images, please #UseAltText
Posts with good alt text get more shares AND people will be less likely to ignore or block you💸💕
Use alt text, people. Please.
If you arent doing it because its "too much work" but you carry yourself as an ally to disabled people, you arent an ally to disabled people
If your picture isnt worth a brief text description, it isnt worth posting
#UseAltText #AltText
I'm always surprised at how many people don't read it, or don't even know about it. #UseAltText
I will remind everyone AGAIN that if you want more engagement with your #MutualAid posts, you need to #UseAltText on your images!
You are most welcome. What a wonderful discovery! Please use it. It’s incredibly helpful for vision impaired people but you can also write a whole lot more in there and some people are incredibly creative #UseAltText
People will be more likely to share & boost your #ArtProject & fundraiser if you #UseAltText on the images in your posts
Correction: It begins "Dear Democratic Senators:"
I can't see well, or process at all, today (which is why people need you to #UseAltText!)
Picture of me stretching/being bendy on a white couch. I've got my head tilted to the side while I do duck lips and a peace sign. Further description of mt stretch is in the next picture.
Screenshot of a text to my guy bestie. I sent him the picture of my stretching and he said I'd have to show him in person because he didn't understand what was happening. So I described what I was doing in the picture. Me: I have my leg under me while I lean my elbow into/in front of my other knee and hold a peace sign up with that hand, while I stretch back and have my other arm stretching behind. I'm essentially just twisting at the waist while my legs are folded and leaning back while I twist my arms too. Like the exorcist or whatever that crawly lady that spins around Guy Bestie: I like how detailed you made that for me and this is why I appreciate you. Me: But did I at least make 27℅ sense? Me: I'm really good at alt text!!
Follow up Screenshot of text exchange. Me: Yeah when you put a pic on Twitter or Bluesky or Facebook you're supposed to include alt text so the low vision + blind community can use their screen reader to describe the image. So I essentially just described what I was doing in the pic, but with a spin on it to make you chuckle at my specificity. 😂
Yet another reason to use alt text: your friends will appreciate you even more!
You get also explain to them what alt text is!
And this is all because I'm bendy. 🤣
#UseAltText #AltText
Journalists!
#UseAltText!
It's easy and it'll increase your readers (and, as a bonus, I won't call you and your publications out by name for not doing it!)
Hey new followers
👋
Please #UseAltText
On your art, your MutualAid, & your screenshots
Thanks!
Eggshells “Don’t speak of it Ever You’ll only upset people” People Person In this way I limped into the future With my mouth shut Every step fearfully placed On the egg’s shell And the cracked glass Of an imagined upset And the possibility of blame Finally finding a home Until the tumble And the avalanche And the roaring wind When the filthy veil ripped away Forever The blame remains homeless But these eggshells won’t carry Witches anymore
Time for another #fridaypoem and a #poemsabout #blackveils
Thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for inspiration and curation.
#poetrycommunity #poem #poetry #poets #poemalttext #UseAltText
I know it's hard to do alt text while otg, but at least do it for THIS image. It's your repeated call for funds, so there's no excuse not to #UseAltText
See? This slaps...no alt text tho
Alt text: an illustration of Hank Hill from King of the Hill and Big the Cat from Sonic Adventure series fishing on a pier
#UseAltText
Please use alt-text...I feel like shit when I share something and realize that it doesn't have it. yall got good shit to share so please consider the extra effort to include more people in the fun. There is a setting you can use to force alt text descriptions in order to post
#UseAltText
And if you're posting news screenshots, photos, videos, or other images from events, please #UseAltText
& remember not to show folks' faces!
✊🏻
Happy Ever After By Dawn Mclachlan Once I was a jewel Polished and treasured Beyond all measure Held to light Aloft and bright In ivory towers Pedestalled Until the cracks of the fall Stitched in red like spelling mistakes Dust gathering turning Purple to yellow Unseen and unheard But in the memory of time Insistence weeps Once I was a jewel
A #FridayPoem for #poemsabout #falsecrowns
Thanks as always to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for curation, amplification, and support for the #poetrycommunity
#poetsofbluesky #poetry #poemsaboutlove #poemsaboutlife #PoemAltText #UseAltText
People calling for #GeneralStrike & #Walkout actions, setting up #StrikeFunds, organizing #MutualAid on here, etc., need to #UseAltText!
You'll reach more, faster, if you stop excluding folks who need it.
#BeInclusive
#ItBuildsTrust
Abled folks (and everyone else) can start very easily by simply adding alt text to images, especially regarding protests, the general strike, and breaking news. This could be literal life and death information. Do not leave disabled people behind.
#USPoli
#UseAltText
#Protest
#UseAltText
The people who need it deserve to be included in events & information! Especially now.
First Snow By Dawn Mclachlan That night I watched the snow falling like feathers and dreamed of torn angels In the light of morning the children came to throw themselves into the white falling into the breathless silence between the tumble and the tears
One for @tomsnarsky.bsky.social and #smallpoemsunday
#poets #poetrycommunity #smallpoems #shortformpoetry #poemalttext #usealttext #poetsofbluesky #winterpoems
Scrolling posts with images of vigils/protests, pics of protest signs, & photos of bare-faced protesters AGAIN 🤦
Did you know you can actually BE safe AND inclusive?🤯
#UseAltText
#MaskUp #N95
Stop filming folks' faces &
Test next week, even if you😷
Sharing Covid/Flu/Measles 🤒isn't #Solidarity
Can someone please #Alt4Me
These images are impossible for me to see/process, so I can't add image descriptions to a quote post and boost 😢
Please #UseAltText
Yule By Dawn Mclachlan Drawn by bells and hope Carrying the winter green Bright lit by candles With hands and hearts held high we Sung our way out of the dark
Time for another #FridayPoem and this time it’s a festive #tanka
Have a glorious #yule
#poetrycommunity #poets #poetry #poetsofbluesky #poetrysociety #haikusociety #haiku #poemalttext #UseAltText #tankapoetry
It's not my job, as a person who needs alt text, to be struggling to tell what the gifs & images on YOUR #MutualAid posts might be, so that I can spend my spoons ADDING image descriptions to a quote post (which means I don't have 🥄 to help as many people) 😩
You want to be shared? #UseAltText!
I was wondering why I had an account muted, and then scrolling through the person's timeline I was like, oh yeah! She's always posting cool shit I want to repost but NEVER uses alt text and it's just too tiring to add alt text to everyone's lazy work so I just removed the temptation. 😆 #UseAltText
