2026-02-01 19:42 UTC
This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.
Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.
Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind
* apparently, not all screenreaders.
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@QuokkaMocha__dup_8790@mastodon.world 2026-02-02 09:24
@deborahh@cosocial.ca I try to avoid all caps anyway. I'm a subtitler for the Deaf and traditionally it's how we signal either emphasis or more usually someone shouting, so it always feels a bit rude to me to use it in normal "conversation'. I really don't know how some US viewers can cope with the all white all caps subtitles some channels have.