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this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2025
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Ok, that's helpful for providing alt text for images inside the body of a post.
Bus what about image posts? When using the web interface I don't see any opportunity for entering the alt text. 🤔
Apparently, some instances offer it: you might want to ask your instance administrator to upgrade. If yours doesn't offer it, the text alternative can be adjacent as stated in the success criterion for non-text content
and the techniques for it identified with prefix G. The
altattribute is merely 1 way to accomplish that.When it's a screenshot of a webpage, a link to the source often makes sense as a text alternative. I see way too many images that could be blockquotes & links, which are often superior to an image: more accessible & more useful to everyone else. That's often the case of good accessibility: it benefits everyone else.