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Image transcription: A GIF image of sad spunch bob with random PowerPoint-esque transitions. The caption reads: "LGBTQ+ tankies when the dictator they installed throws them in a gulag for 'sexual deviancy' rather than rewarding them for their efforts in the revolution". End transcription.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Very much unrelated but thank you so much for putting an image transcription :)

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No problem! I hope the way I formated it works with screen readers, I'm not sure if there are any conventions on how to do it or not.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would love to read a best practices on how to do it. Your description is excellent. Powerpoint-esque transitions. I can see the meme and I didn't even catch that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I appreciate your kind words :3

[–] MindSkipperBro12 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do people put image descriptions?

[–] Cypher 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For blind users who also enjoy memes

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

They are also useful for people who still have sight when Lemmy is buggy and refuses to load images

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because blind people use software that reads the text of a webpage out to them audibly (or less commonly, through an RBD) but it can't read the text in an image, because it's not really "text" at all-- It's just pixels. So it'll just be like "uhh and there's a picture here, that's all I know."

So blind people would not be able to enjoy the meme, which tbh is mostly text-based anyway.