Post #4393188
2026-08-05 18:16 UTC
Still working on some more resources related to alt text, but here’s a little tool you can use to see how your media posts appear to people using assistive technology:
https://alt-text.social.lol/check-up
Try running it on your own account and see how things come out. Do you feel like your alt text is offering a good experience? If that’s the entirety of how someone saw your images, do you think they’d walk away with the right information?
Replies (3)
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@neatnik@social.lol 2026-08-05 18:19
Alt text is more art than science. It's never going to be perfect; you get one field to enter one chunk of text and it has to work for all kinds of people with all kinds of personal preferences and worldviews. This isn’t about obsessing over getting things perfect, but just remembering why we’re adding alt text in the first place. Just making an effort is the most important thing here. ❤️
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@cat@fed.cat.scot 2026-08-05 18:39
@neatnik@social.lol why not edit your version of whatever masto thingy you’re running so it won’t post pics without alt?
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@binarydigit@social.lol 2026-08-06 01:41
@neatnik@social.lol Ohhh this is so handy!