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   Becky (firefly_lightning@convenient.email)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 10:16:26 JST Becky

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   @me Thanks!! I might experiment and try to see if it works if I get the chance tonight. I'm constantly impressed at how friendica folk are ready to help other friendica pals with the knowledge of the things ?
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     me (me@social.jlamothe.net)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 10:16:28 JST me

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     @firefly_lightning Friendica does it like this:
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     Becky (firefly_lightning@convenient.email)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 10:16:29 JST Becky

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     @arjache I'm on friendica and I still haven't quite figured out alt text. I want to sometime soon, but what I thought it was, either wasn't or I couldn't verify. I do use descriptions as part of my post though, so the post goes like:
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     Description of picture
     
     I just have to hope it's better than nothing until I figure out the alt text stuff
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     Rachel Stantz (arjache@toot.cat)'s status on Friday, 06-Jan-2023 10:16:34 JST Rachel Stantz

     In a couple of different places on Mastodon this week I’ve seen people saying something to the effect of “what does visible alt text matter, it’s for screen readers.”

     Here are just a few scenarios why people might want to view alt text visually:

     1. “I made the post and I want to double check the alt text I wrote.”
     2. “I did not make the post but I want to learn how other people write alt text so I can write better descriptions.”
     3. “I’m having trouble making sense of the image but I think a written description would help.”
     4. “My vision is enough to read text at my preferred font size but not in a tiny screenshot with jpeg compression.”
     5. “This is what works best for me because of reasons I don’t want to get into.”

     Accessibility is for everyone. Try not to make assumptions.