Alt texts on Friendica?
When I joined Fedi, first Masto and then Pixelfed, I've learned about the beauty of Alt texts. I'm not that good with them, and sometimes I use AI to help me with getting a decent enough text. But when I add an image here, I can't see where I can add the Alt text/image description.
I've been trying to just add it to the post, as Friendica offers a ton of space for text. But if friends that use screen readers would see my posts, is there a way to really add an Alt text to my images? Or should I just write it in the post, as I've been doing?
Thanks in advance for your help! πΉ
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Alt texts on Friendica?
When I joined Fedi, first Masto and then Pixelfed, I've learned about the beauty of Alt texts. I'm not that good with them, and sometimes I use AI to help me with getting a decent enough text. But when I add an image here, I can't see where I can add the Alt text/image description.
I've been trying to just add it to the post, as Friendica offers a ton of space for text. But if friends that use screen readers would see my posts, is there a way to really add an Alt text to my images? Or should I just write it in the post, as I've been doing?
Thanks in advance for your help! πΉ
Michael / Chgowiz
in reply to π Cynni π β’ β’Friendica uses BBCode tags for formatting, links and media in posts.
So when you insert an image into a post or comment, you'll see something like
[url=https://friendica.world/photos/etcetcetc][img=https://friendica.world/photo/a-big-number.jpeg][/img][/url]Between the img and slash-img tags is where you put your alt text.
[url=https://friendica.world/photos/etcetcetc][img=https://friendica.world/photo/a-big-number.jpeg]ALT TEXT HERE[/img][/url]It is, unfortunately, a manual process, but hopefully one that isn't too bad for you.
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