2023-04-01 13:30 UTC
@axbom@axbom.me @georgetakei@universeodon.com
As much I try to include alt-text when I post an image myself, let me ask you a couple of honest questions: how many people using a screen reader are on Mastodon? And how many of them are following Mr. Takei? Are you one of those, and/or their legal rep? Because if not, you're just being needlessly a third-party pedantic.
Alt-text is not mandatory (or else people wouldn't be able to post an image without it), and is indeed a courtesy, and one might forget to add it.
But for sure is not a courtesy from other users to point every-single-picture-sans-alt just for the sake of the argument, only a source of frustration.
Instead, one could have just jot down a reply with an alt-text for screen readers (like some good fellas used to do on the hellsite) without any further addendum and/or expectation and fix the issue.
That being said, I wish you a day of your choice and leave you a quote: it's better to do good, than doing nothing wrong ;)
Replies (3)
-
@jimlil@universeodon.com 2023-04-01 14:24
@ozone89@techhub.social @axbom@axbom.me @georgetakei@universeodon.com It's easy to forget. Love the quote.
-
@calixtod@mastodon.social 2023-04-02 06:58
@ozone89@techhub.social @axbom@axbom.me @georgetakei@universeodon.com also the alt text covers the image in my reader so that it is sometimes very awkward because I can’t really see what the photo is about if it’s smallish and with a lot of text.
-
@GreenSkyOverMe@ohai.social 2023-04-02 08:14
@ozone89@techhub.social I have 3 blind followers