If you're posting an image on here, please remember to add a text description for people who cannot see. Blind people use the internet through screen reader software which reads text out loud.

The level of detail needed depends on the image, but generally you should try to explain whatever is important and relevant in the picture.

If you forget a description, just edit the post and add it in afterwards! The bot @PleaseCaption can remind you if needed.

More info at fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-

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Ed Yerke-Robins

@feditips @PleaseCaption Alt text is also helpful for explaining a visual joke/reference. Once someone posted a pic of Liz Truss, who I only recognized by name, and it saved me having to ask "who is this?"

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podkaynelives

@feditips @PleaseCaption and it's been very helpful to me too when I've been in spotty WiFi and the images won't load.

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Jennifer McMurray

@feditips @PleaseCaption Thanks for that information. I've been posting images of my month-long holiday in the American south but haven't been adding a description.

I'll definitely do so now, and I'll go back and add it to the pictures I already posted.

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Syphilia Morgenstierne

@feditips Yes, the bot @PleaseCaption is very good. It caught me once. I felt like a school child who'd forgotten my homework.

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AmiW

@feditips @PleaseCaption@botsin.space ❤️😘❤️

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Rodion Borisov

@feditips

I found alt-text quite convenient for just explaining images to anyone, visually impaired or not.

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Dark Matter Zine

@feditips @PleaseCaption@botsin.space funny thing: I’m vision impaired. I usually don’t add a description for two reasons. Firstly and most often, I forget. However, on my website I add descriptions for images when I’m preparing a post and I struggle. I really struggle. To identify what is in an image, what are the key features, and what is the focus. I think my struggles with that are the reason I have a mental block with doing it elsewhere. It’s just too hard.

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Ian K Tindale

@feditips @PleaseCaption …”reads text out loud”

How loud?

I mean, just out of interest, I don’t have anything particularly evil in mind

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