Right now there is a bit left to be desired when it comes to lemmys accessibility features, but it’s a good idea to be mindful of the fact the fediverse and its platforms tends to have pretty universal accessibility features that will likely come to lemmy sooner rather than later

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    1 year ago

    I can’t really think of a case where a post’s image isn’t relevant to the associated discussion. Even if it’s just a nonsense post with an unrelated image, knowing what the irrelevant image is about would help make sense of the discussion.

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      Right. If it’s a post it probably won’t be relevant.

      Unless it’s something like

      [birthday_cake.png] Birthday Party for Suzanne today[party_hat.png]

      [suzanne.png]

      Where: Breakroom Time: 2:00 PM

      In that case I would add a blank alt text (so accessibility tools won’t read the file name) for the cake and party hat. Assuming it’s a platform that lets you add alt text per image.

      But I would add alt text describing the photo of Suzanne “Suzanne answers the phone while accepting paperwork from a coworker”