@Alt Text Hall of Fame "People wondering WTF they're looking at" need an explanation. But: Explanations do not go into the alt-text! Ever! That's because not everyone can access alt-text, just like not everyone can see the image in an image post. And yes, this may be due to a physical disability. Any information that's only in the alt-text, but neither in the post text nor in the image itself, is inaccessible and therefore permanently lost to these people. Explanations always go into the post text body where everyone can access them! Money quote-posts from someone who actually does have a physical disability that keeps her from accessing alt-texts: Deborah wrote the following post Mon, 10 Jul 2023 17:56:06 +0200 @jupiter_rowland “Done right also means accessibility for people who might not know much about your image's subject matter either.” The person who posted this is simply flat out incorrect. Alt text is INACCESSIBLE to many disabled people. If the extra text is important, it needs to be in visible text. Deborah wrote the following post Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:30:45 +0200 @jupiter_rowland I have a disability that prevents me from seeing alt text, because on almost all platforms, seeing the alt requires having a screenreader or working hands. If you post a picture, is there info that you want somebody who CAN see the picture but DOESN’T have working hands to know? Write that in visible text. If you put that in the alt, you are explicitly excluding people like me. But you don’t have to overthink it. The description of the image itself is a simple concept. CC so that everyone in this thread will read this, even if they're on Mastodon: @Amy Maybe @{christophequeret@mastodon.green} @Sir Toootenstein @Orion Ussner kidder #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta