Post AbamyNcypeMs0OSsng by FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
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 (DIR) Post #AbamyNcypeMs0OSsng by FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
       2023-11-08T06:56:32Z
       
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       Right. There's been a lot of talk about #AltText and it's place here on the fediverse of late.Whether you're blind, deaf or sighted, I'd be curious to not only have you fill out the relevant choice, but feel free to respond to this with more detail if you like.Do you make use of, benefit from or even find alt-text useful, whether for images or audio?
       
 (DIR) Post #Abe9YQ4G1DOiSnh37A by Tattooed_mummy@wandering.shop
       2023-11-08T06:59:22Z
       
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       @FreakyFwoof I bloody love alt text. You see why a person shared an image, what they find important about it, and if I'm out and about I might switch off images to save data use, then I still get to  'see' them.
       
 (DIR) Post #Abey43pPEfBGSo1nPM by FreakyFwoof@universeodon.com
       2023-11-09T22:04:09Z
       
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       Only 90 blind people say they benefit from alt-text. Can't we get that to at least 100? If you haven't voted, please follow this thread back and do the thing. All the things. It'd be 91 but you can't vote in your own polls don't ya know?
       
 (DIR) Post #Abey44SksMekQqRDk0 by wauz@mastodon.bayern
       2023-11-10T09:51:57Z
       
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       @FreakyFwoofOh, well. Creating alt-text depends on the ability to describe in few words. If the description shall work for blind people, you need to have an idea how blind people perceive. Good description therefor needs a lot of imagination and good skills as an author.@devinprater
       
 (DIR) Post #AbpTa3mLFcDdNBO5q4 by nellie_m@autisticpri.de
       2023-11-15T09:46:34Z
       
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       @FreakyFwoof I visited my dad in hospital the other day. It’s a long building with the entrance more to the left, and a flight of steps leads up to the entrance from the road. On the right, there’s the car park, and a looooong ramp leads from that corner up to the entrance, parallel to the pavement. 1/2
       
 (DIR) Post #AbpTaIYMJswlC9xdcu by nellie_m@autisticpri.de
       2023-11-15T09:46:34Z
       
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       @FreakyFwoof In an unofficial observation of mine, 3% of users were in wheelchairs, needing a ramp, having a right to a ramp, and expecting it. 0% were in a wheelchair and used the steps. 18% were walking and used the steps, because people not in wheelchairs don’t benefit from ramps. And nearly 80% had no wheelchairs and used the ramp anyway, because ramps are simply cool.