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. โค๏ธ
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. โค๏ธ
@jean High quality video and a great feature of Micro.blog! I have been working on adding alt-text to images using Markdown, too.
@jean Thank you for sharing this one. I hadnโt gotten around to it yet, and so glad I did now that you linked to it.
Great video, fun and informative. Amazing work @sod. I should be using this, but have to figure out if thereโs a way to accomplish this with Markdown. I do not usually post using the Mb siteโฆ ๐ค
@maique Thanks! I'm so happy you are curious to give it a try. Here's how you set the alternative text using markdown:
![Helium balloons stuck at the ceiling. They are in the shape of the digit two and an anthropomorphic piglet โ Peppa Pig.](https://maique.eu/uploads/2022/35c9be2ca7.jpg)
@sod Thanks. And โOh!โ! It was hidden in plain sight! ๐ Iโd wondered before, as sometimes my posts are image heavy, and Iโm trying it the next time I post.
Again, very entertaining video, and a lesson in there, so thatโs a win-win. Thank you.
@pratik Yes, that's for the alt
text. You have to resort to HTML and the figcaption
element for captions.
@pratik Thatโs one of the reasons I never got around to it. Ulysses calls this โcaptionโ, threw me off a little. I just tested it and, if I add that โcaptionโ, it will be published as Alt Text ๐ Perfect.
@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.
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@annahavron Thanks for checking it out! ๐ฅฐ I see you've added alternative text for the photos on your blog now. That's awesome; good work!