I mentioned this in one of my comments, but let me also put a link here to a recent report I wrote showing how @phanpy achieves higher rates of image descriptions thanks to a simple design choice.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/impact-of-fediverse-clients-on-the-use-of-alt-text/

#accessibility #AltText #ImageDescription #UXUI #design

Lisa Melton: The fediverse’s own algorithm

Analyzing the ways fediverse apps handle image descriptions.

^{Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)}

I do like how the missing alt text icon is now more prominent, but I do wonder if this is enough to get people to add descriptions to their images.

I actually opened an issue addressing this last year.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27731

#mastodon #MastodonBeta #accessibility #AltText #UXUI #design