I wonder if anyone has written a good instructions alt texts from the viewpoint of someone who regularly encounters them. What would one expect to get? How do you write a good one? Long texts or short one that quickly describes what is in the pic? Go for prose or for metaphors?
@tkoola good idea. I’ve included alt-text with all my mb photos without really knowing what I was doing. I did get thanked once by someone who relied on them. I’ll see if I can find who it was.
@Stevsmit yes, this is one of those areas where it is impossible to know the right answer with empathy. I can turn off the pics in my browser but it will never be the same as I always will have the option of turning them back on. I’d really like a good guideline to lean on to
@tkoola I think your use of the word “empathy” hits the nail on the head. There is probably no right way and no wrong way to describe a photo. Reliance on the description will depend upon the level of vision a person retains, the assistive software they use as well as their lived experiences. My mother is blind but didn’t lose her vision until she was in her late 60s. Her memory can fill in a lot information someone won’t have if they have been blind since birth