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Simple Rules for Providing Useful ALT
1/ ALT's sole function on Twitter's to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it/read it, I should be able to feel/hear it without leaving Twitter
1/ ALT's sole function on Twitter's to provide an autonomous & as fully equivalent an experience of an image as possible for the blind/VI & neurodivergent
If you can see it/read it, I should be able to feel/hear it without leaving Twitter
2/ Image descriptions can be divided into two types:
1 descriptions of images of text, including charts, graphs, screenshots & diagrams
2 descriptions of purely visual images
Whenever posting an image of text, ALT's indispensable. Neither a screenreader nor a refreshable
1 descriptions of images of text, including charts, graphs, screenshots & diagrams
2 descriptions of purely visual images
Whenever posting an image of text, ALT's indispensable. Neither a screenreader nor a refreshable
3/ Braille display can read an image of text. It needs actual text.
Images of text also distort rapidly when magnified, quickly becoming unusable.
This is a critical problem for the majority of people who use ALT, for they are attempting to maximize what vision is available to
Images of text also distort rapidly when magnified, quickly becoming unusable.
This is a critical problem for the majority of people who use ALT, for they are attempting to maximize what vision is available to
#SaveA11yBots because disabled folks don't *have* anywhere else to go if this platform becomes inaccessible to them
#SaveA11yBots because Twitter is the least-worst option in terms of accessibility.
Sit with that for a minute and consider whether your apathy is really justified.
Sit with that for a minute and consider whether your apathy is really justified.
#SaveA11yBots because you have empathy. I know you do.
Some background first:
"a11y" stands for "accessibility" (making things accessible to people with disabilities).
The "11" represents the eleven letters in between the "a" and the "y" in the longer word.
Hence, #SaveA11yBots is shorthand for "Save accessibility bots"!
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"a11y" stands for "accessibility" (making things accessible to people with disabilities).
The "11" represents the eleven letters in between the "a" and the "y" in the longer word.
Hence, #SaveA11yBots is shorthand for "Save accessibility bots"!
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You might ask "So… who are the accessibility bots in #SaveA11yBots?"
Great question, curious reader!
They are any automated Twitter accounts that exist as a public service to make some aspect of Twitter more accessible to people with disabilities.
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Great question, curious reader!
They are any automated Twitter accounts that exist as a public service to make some aspect of Twitter more accessible to people with disabilities.
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