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I've thought about doing this for a while now.
#AltText is something I advocate for, as well as some other simple ways to make posts more #accessible and #inclusive. Let's make this #interactive.
Reply with an #image and I'll tell you what my #ScreenReader thinks it shows, as a practical #demonstration of inaccuracies, limitations and why alt text is better.
Edit on request: Not all screen readers can do image recognition. Alt text is the only viable way to be inclusive. #accessibility #blind
It says: A menu with images of food and text, Detected Document, Possible Text, ]lIa >JL£>JL
Next time I'm ringing a takeaway I'm going to ask for ]lIa >JL£>JL, once I've figured out how to pronounce it of course. I think the difficulty here is possibly the letters being decorative, which confuses the image recognition.
@Cassana Thank you, it does make me feel better about spending an inordinate amount of time writing a description for this image on my phone when I posted it on my account originally: https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/display/735a2029-9263-b993-fb19-d3f953584643