Anonymous asked:
Just wanted to share here my personal pet peeve of people using the Alt Text function for stuff like authors notes instead of actually describing their images
accessibleaesthetics answered:
Oh, defintely with you there. Though I think its usually one of two things
- The person genuinely did not know the alt text was for
- The person was that one specific person I met on Tumblr once who was losing their vision but still actively preferred to use the alt text as commentary for their own art for personal reasons
I have sympathy for both of these types of people. I think the most helpful thing we can do is spread awareness of what the alt text is for and who it helps.
Also for the love of all that’s good, please don’t put the source URL of the image in alt text. Yes, I have seen that. Multiple times. One of them wasn’t even on Tumblr, so literally only screen reader users would even have access to it. But do what with it have no idea….you can’t copy/paste from alt text on a normal website.
#or god forbid the laughable 'IMAGE' #I see that one as intentionally spiteful
If it's any consolation, I don't think that's one people do intentionally most times. Tumblr, for example, automatically adds "alt = image" as coding to an image without alt text. And while that certainly isn't helpful, the true default of an image without that extra coding is the file name, and I think "image" is probably nicer to listen to that "https://64.media.tumblr.com/bae2ae5c0f57d1a734db7b80331a50cf/7b76520433bac3db-8d/s250x250_c1/974f3267566a834ac3a01847f4e8b703780789c9.pnj."
So if you hear "image" or "photo," that's probably what happened. Usually real people aren't that lazy.
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