@valk@social.treehouse.systems
Post #2457580
2026-04-29 18:58 UTC
Replies (6)
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@angelastella@social.treehouse.systems 2026-04-29 19:52
@valk@social.treehouse.systems No. I expand acronyms too, that kind of thing.
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@Wearwolf@kind.social 2026-04-29 20:01
@valk@social.treehouse.systems I think it depends on the context. Is the spelling mistake important to the image or a distraction from it You can always use [sic] to indicate that you are intentionally including a misspelling in the description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic
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@Coffee@toot.cafe 2026-04-29 20:04
@valk@social.treehouse.systems Depends... Is it relevant for what you're trying to convey by posting the image? If you were describing this picture to a friend over the phone, would you draw attention to the typo?
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@MissConstrue@mefi.social 2026-04-29 20:15
@valk@social.treehouse.systems @dibi58@this.mouse.rocks I do not, unless it’s relevant, and then I’ll note it.
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@jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu 2026-04-29 21:14
@@valk@social.treehouse.systems That's a good question. The rule (I understand it as one) says that text must always be transcribed 100% verbatim, i.e. absolutely identical to the original. However, this already collides with the rules that image descriptions must not contain all caps because they tend to irritate screen readers, and that acronyms must be handled in a way that screen readers can deal with in a sensible way. I guess, and I can only guess, that misspellings should be corrected when transcribing text, especially in alt-text. In earlier image descriptions, all of which are long descriptions in the post text, I've transcribed misspellings as well and even added a "(sic!)" after them to point out that it wasn't me who misspelled it. However, doing so amounts to pointing out the misspellings, as would correcting them in the transcript and then explaining which words are misspelled in which way, even though would conform more with the "always transcribe verbatim" rule. Also, I've since declared these descriptions obsolete. Unfortunately, I can't find any online resources about alt-texts and image descriptions that even only take misspellings in to-be-transcribed text into consideration, much less define how to deal with them. It's just like text that's unreadable in the image, but that can be sourced elsewhere: It's commonly treated like it doesn't exist. #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #AltText #AltTextMeta #CWAltTextMeta #ImageDescription #ImageDescriptions #ImageDescriptionMeta #CWImageDescriptionMeta
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@aidan@carfree.city 2026-04-30 03:59
@valk@social.treehouse.systems if the misspelling is integral to the meaning of the text or image, then I make it explicit, yes.