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.

@jean Thanks for spreading the alt love! 🥰

@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 – Peppa Pig.](https://maique.eu/uploads/2022/35c9be2ca7.jpg)

@pratik Yes, that’s for the alt text. You have to resort to HTML and the figcaption element for captions.

@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.

@sod 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@jean @sod thanks so much for this, I had been wondering how to do that!

@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!