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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Edent ("Terence Eden") wrote:

🆕 blog! “Should you embed alt text inside image metadata?”

Not everyone can see the images you post online. They may have vision problems, they may have a slow connection, or they might be using a text-only browser. How can we let them know what the image shows? The answer is alt text. In HTML we can add a snippet of text to aid accessibility. […]

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/07/should-you-embed-alt-text-inside-image-metadata/
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#a11y #accessibility #AltText #exif

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• Screenshot showing technical details of the metadata on a photo. It contains a copyright notice.