This is a very fun Micro Camp presentation by @sod. Accessible Microblogging: A Crash Course (YouTube).
Learn how to add ALT text to your photos and screenshots on Micro.blog! It makes a difference. ❤️
This is a very fun Micro Camp presentation by @sod. Accessible Microblogging: A Crash Course (YouTube).
Learn how to add ALT text to your photos and screenshots on Micro.blog! It makes a difference. ❤️
@jean High quality video and a great feature of Micro.blog! I have been working on adding alt-text to images using Markdown, too.
@maique Thanks! I'm so happy you are curious to give it a try. Here's how you set the alternative text using markdown:

@pratik Yes, that's for the alt
text. You have to resort to HTML and the figcaption
element for captions.
@sod I was thrown by this as when I try this in MarsEdit (@danielpunkass), the Alt Text appears below the image. The same appears to happen in Markdown editors (Drafts, iA Writer). But when I post to my site, and by default Micro.blog, it is not visible (as I would expect).
@crossingthethreshold If you grasp that Alt Text is an abbreviated form of alternate text that will help. In general you get either image or alt text. It's not a caption. // @sod
@crossingthethreshold Hmm, you're right. I downloaded iA Writer just now. The alt text provided via markdown is shown below the image as a caption when previewing.
That's a rather unusual design decision by the developers. And they are not consistent either. Images included via HTML do not show the alt text in preview. I totally get this threw you off.
@annahavron Thanks for checking it out! 🥰 I see you've added alternative text for the photos on your blog now. That's awesome; good work!