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I'm wondering what information should they contain to best help people with visual disabilities. I search online for the answer, and beside the usual weird (but compliant with search optimization) blogs and a wiki-how page, I found this. Is it good? https://www.csun.edu/universal-design-center/best-practices-accessible-images

Plus, I want to share a picture that is mostly a long block of text. Should I rewrite the entire thing in the description (if yes, at this point I will just rewrite the text in a post.)

Also, I saw someone (hi @aetataureate !) saying that simply adding "a dog!" in the description of the picture of a dog (not a stockphoto, but like if you take a picture of your dog and put it online) is not enough. What else should be added?

Finally, I made these two post: https://cohost.org/Quidam/post/990585-my-favourite-card-is and https://cohost.org/Quidam/post/1064384-empty Are the description good?

Thank you.


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in reply to @Quidam's post:

I wrote a post with some tips that cover some of this!

When it comes to descriptions of pets, usually folks are sharing because they're cute or doing something interesting. Alt text is dependent on context, so in those cases describing what makes them cute/interesting makes sense. I often go with what the pet looks like and the action it's doing.

"A black cat with white paws, stretched out on the carpet like a long noodle, legs sticking out."

Or... "A ball python with dark markings, wrapped around my hand and staring at the camera with tongue flicking out."