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Bree Lundberg ✨@breelundberg.com |
For Disability Pride Month I’m once again begging for more artists to start considering accessibility and add alt text to your images. It helps low/no vision folks, neurodivergent folks, and more. Plus alt text shows up in searches! There’s a toggle in settings so you won’t forget. 👇
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Liz Kelly
@illiztration.bsky.social
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I think alt text is great and I use it when I can, but please know that sometimes alt text is inhibitive to disabled artists ourselves. It is incredibly painful for me to type or text sometimes too much so to add alt text. It’s a great tool but it’s not accessible to everyone sadly. I try though.
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Kreios
@kole-aid.bsky.social
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Thank you for this! I was trying to get into the habit of posting with ALT text but I slapped the submit button recently and remembered it afterwards. 🤦♂️
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Teeg
@teeketch.art
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I definitely need to be better about this myself so I've just turned this on. Thanks!
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The Nth Doctor
@thedoctorwho.bsky.social
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I am painfully aware that I need to improve on my alt texts. It can be a struggle due to my own dyslexia and add, but it's helpful to a lot of people. And, like, I want people to understand and enjoy my work. I don't see how anyone wouldn't see more accessibility as a big plus.
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@lewdfurrybeagle.bsky.social
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i wish it was so easy i didn't have to think about it last time i made alt text for something, it was for an intro to stenography thread and oh my god i will never post on mastodon again alt text takes so many spoons for me
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Rachel Gozhansky Illustration
@rachelgozhansky.bsky.social
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Thanks for the reminder about the setting toggle to require alt text before posting. I always intend to add but often forget and you can’t edit posts so those images remain without alt tags when I hit submit before adding.
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Atheistic Snail
@atheisticsnail.bsky.social
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I love this setting did it right away and love that my pea brain can't forget
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Fetch
@ameliafetch.bsky.social
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I've made a habit of doing this with any images I post, even my beginner sketches and doodles. I'll enable that setting. 😊Thank you for the tip.
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Patrick
@bannedfortimetravel.com
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As a rule I don't like or repost anything without alt text. It is tough sometimes, but I decided to take a stand on that. Thanks to everyone who enables this setting and makes a point to share the info. Thanks Bree <3
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Mlle Defarge ♿
@hearing-girl.bsky.social
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Omg, I didn't know there was an option to switch back to the bigger ALT badges - thanks for this!!
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Jethands 🔞
@jethanded-wyvern.bsky.social
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I haven't posted a single image here without alt text, and this setting only helped 💙
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Nothing Special Chris
@freeformchris.bsky.social
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THERE'S A TOGGLE FOR REQUIRE AT TXT!?! Yessssss, please.
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Cass Stone
@cassidystone.bsky.social
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Nice! I didn't know this was a setting, I always forget so this'll help a lot!
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Murphy's Lawyer
@murphyslawyer.bsky.social
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Thanks. The “display larger Alt-text” option was new to me.
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Odessa
@odessasteppes.bsky.social
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That's super helpful for when you just braindump a reply without a lot of thought (aka Entering the Posting Zone).
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Celeste Leander
@drceleste.bsky.social
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Done!
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Elia Rowan
@eliarowan.bsky.social
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oooh, there's a "bigger alt text badges" setting!
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K.Walther's Art
@kwalthersart.bsky.social
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Except writing alt text tends to do nothing but diminish the work and provide no real information. Not disagreeing just acknowledging how pointless it feels when a beautiful picture gets reduced to less then a sentence. This is where Ai might be helpful
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Bree Lundberg ✨
@breelundberg.com
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Every time I post about alt text someone will say “but I don’t know how to write descriptions well?!” and I’m honestly tired sharing resources and examples when you could look it up for yourself. Or simply look through my images for examples. I promise trying is better than doing nothing at all.
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Babe&Oak
@babeandoak.bsky.social
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And double plays - it’s great just to explain your work too like identifying a character or a place Helps everyone 🖤
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ItTakesAVillageGenius
@villagegenius.bsky.social
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Also Alt Text allows you a second bite at the comedy apple in many cases!
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CandiCane
@candicane.bsky.social
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The only time I don't put in alt text is when I forget, I had no idea this option was available. Thank you :3
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what that dog doin
@mileysvirus.bsky.social
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Is there a way for it to auto detect alt text for pics with text in them?
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Mutant_Brainslug_Princess (he/him)
@rasslinwithdemons.bsky.social
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It's a setting that should be opt-out rather than opt-in, honestly. Accessibility should always be an upfront concern, and it would send a message that this is a place that's at least trying to be inclusive.
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Conrad
@invaderoid.bsky.social
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Thanks for this settings tip!
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Citrus Ghost
@citrusthings.bsky.social
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Oh nice, I always remember the moment I post
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Pax
@paxhendrix.bsky.social
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A friend let me know about this feature not long after I joined Bluesky. I think my very first post might be lacking the alt-text still, due to interactions with it already having occurred, but every post after has contained alt text for my drawings.
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Kathleen Rowan 🌱
@rowanauthor.bsky.social
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📌
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Nanashi 「名無し」Team Seafoam
@nanashispaniel.bsky.social
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I really wonder though, doesn't it help a LOT with genAI scraping if entire prompts are given to them with each pic?
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QimirPeered
@waywardboobs.bsky.social
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Ooo a larger alt text badge, much better than clicking at lil tiny.
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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel)
@plutopsyche.nicomaramckay.com
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Wait, there's now an option to make the alt text box a readable size again? That's such good news!! This should have been hyped more.
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Trooper Galaxy Angel
@trooper57.bsky.social
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I'm sure there would be more alt text if people could add it to what is already posted. Bluesky should have an edit button from day 1
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3DBill
@3dbill.bsky.social
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Do you suppose anyone cares whether I alt text porn? I do, but honestly I wonder whether I'm just talking to myself.
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Theo
@theorae.bsky.social
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Also i have read many entertaining alt text that still properly explained the image
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