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hunterdphoenix.bsky.social
As a blind dude, your images mean nothing to me without an alt-text description. I know it’s a pain & I have zero expectations of you using this #Accessibility tool so thoughtfully provided by #BlueSky but I appreciate every effort. It doesn’t have to be The Great Gatsby but please include me 😎
January 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
kentparkskeet.bsky.social
My government won’t let me drive cars, it believes being legally blind makes it “not safe”, or something.

My government refuses to supply large info signs, an accurate app or clear announcements on train stations.

One restriction is reasonable, the other is not.

This is what #accessibility means.
May 7, 2026 at 1:28 AM
altcdc.altgov.info
RFK says he wants to protect our children from autism while his admin cuts all DEIA programs. Programs for people with disabilities. Including autism. So...RFK will protect your kids from autism but if they already have autism he'll hurt them??? Make it make sense.

#stopRFK #DEIA #Accessibility
February 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
zetaphor.com
Introducing the Bluesky Altometer:

altometer.atdev.pro

This is an project #atproto that tracks image posts for alt text. It keeps track of the percentage of posts it has seen (since the last database reset) that are *missing* alt text.

The goal here is to increase the #accessibility of Bluesky.
A screenshot of the Bluesky Altometer site. It started tracking on Oct 23, 2024. In the screenshot it had observed 18,880 images, of which 16,572 were missing alt text. This accounted for 87.8% of images missing alt text.
October 23, 2024 at 2:53 AM
brenttoderian.bsky.social
“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”

@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility
Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts.
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:40 AM
disabilityscoop.bsky.social
A federal judge is directing the #WhiteHouse to reinstate sign language interpreters at many press briefings months after they were abruptly removed. #disabilities #accessibility
White House Ordered To Step Up Accessibility
A federal judge is directing the White House to reinstate sign language interpreters at many press briefings months after they were abruptly removed.
www.disabilityscoop.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
mxfee.bsky.social
For a lot of folks, if you post without #AltText this is what they see (myself included).

For some folks, the labeller will simply remove the posts from their feed entirely.

#Accessibility leads to better visibility.

#VTubers #ENVTubers #Art #Artists
Screenshot of a post that's been hidden. In place of the picture of a tag that says "No Alt Text - Show" and underneath is "Labelled by Bad Accessibility / Alt Text Labeller. Learn more."
October 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM
mxfee.bsky.social
Kinda hate that it includes me in my own starter pack but I started putting this together. If you are an artist who consistently (always, without exception) uses alt text (not just "my OC" or "Taffy being so silly!" type stuff), please let me know and I'll add you in.

#Art #Artists #Accessibility
September 2, 2024 at 1:22 PM
mxfee.bsky.social
Hi folks 🥰 Looking to get some #art on your skyline? Look no further than these AMAZING #artists, all of whom include descriptive alt text 💜

#Accessibility
November 28, 2024 at 6:07 PM
brenttoderian.bsky.social
“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”

@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility #MultiModal
Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts.
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
www.motherjones.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
dankeck.a11y.social.ap.brid.gy
#a11y #accessibility
Boardroom meme. Five people in business clothes sit at a rectangular table. The boss at the head of the table says angrily, "Must make website accessible." One employee smiles and suggests "Alternate accessible version." A second replies, "Buy an overlay." At the end, a smug looking guy in a polo shirt leans on the table with his head on his hand. He says "Fix our HTML." The boss looks at him angrily, and the guy smiles back smugly. In the final frame, the smug guy has been thrown out the window of the office building.
November 5, 2024 at 12:22 PM
archive.org
Good news from the Internet Archive’s Open Library: Patrons with certified print disabilities can now apply for special access directly when signing up. 📖

Learn how ➡️ blog.openlibrary.org/2025/05/30/q...

#accessibility #InternetArchive
A student using an accessible bookreader with dyslexia fonts. Logo of the Internet Archive Open Library.
June 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
skreee.bsky.social
No alt-text? No follow-back, no retweet. #Accessibility
October 5, 2024 at 7:21 AM
brenttoderian.bsky.social
“…disabled people are actually less likely to drive than nondisabled people and more likely to get around by walking and rolling and taking transit. Car-heavy cities are also disproportionately dangerous for disabled folks…”

@nondriver.bsky.social in @motherjones.com #Accessibility
Do car-free zones hurt disabled people? We asked experts.
City planners and advocates are seeing "accessibility used as a political football."
www.motherjones.com
March 2, 2026 at 2:06 AM
benmyers.dev
📝 New post!

`aria-label` and `aria-labelledby` aren't allowed on divs, spans, and other static text elements out of the box, and *most* screenreaders won't announce them.

#accessibility #a11y
Don’t Use aria-label on Static Text Elements
Don’t use the aria-label or aria-labelledby attributes on divs, spans, or other elements representing static/noninteractive text-level semantics, unless you’re also updating roles.
benmyers.dev
December 7, 2024 at 7:57 PM
ashleemboyer.com
We're entering a dark period in US #accessibility.

The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1".

This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard.

Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?
Side-by-side of a link on the White House home page and its HTML. The visible text says "Executive Actions" and there's an image focused on his hands signing paper. The aria-hidden and tabindex attributes are highlighted for emphasis in the HTML. Side-by-side of a link on the White House home page and its HTML. The visible text says "News" and there's an image of him speaking. The aria-hidden and tabindex attributes are highlighted for emphasis in the HTML. Side-by-side of a link on the White House home page and its HTML. The visible text says "Donald J Trump" and there's an image of him. The aria-hidden and tabindex attributes are highlighted for emphasis in the HTML.
January 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
animefeminist.com
Crunchyroll fails to meet industry standards for Closed Captioning

While other streamers like Netflix, HiDive, and RetroCrush caption their entire dubbed libraries, the monopoly-holding #Crunchyroll only does so for a fraction of their library

www.animefeminist.com/crunchyroll-...

#accessibility
Crunchyroll mascot Hime grinning and wearing a crown
March 29, 2024 at 5:03 PM
kristinwrites.bsky.social
The Amazon bashing is coming back around.

I’d like to reiterate that yes, Amazon is evil, but it’s a very real tho inadvertent #accessibility tool for very very many of us.

Stop criticizing us for trying to live.

#Disability #CripCoop
January 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
rami.spaceaustralia.com
Over the years, I've heard lots of folks say that they don't really know what to write for alt-text accessibility.

So ... as promised - here are some handy #Accessibility guides!

I've written these from the perspective of #SciComm material, but they can be generalised to any field.

🔭🧪🎢

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A prominent ring-like nebula. There are two features. An inner region which is not as dense and has blue-green hues. And an outer, more prominent ring of red dense nebulous gas that is clumpy. A small central star, the white dwarf, is energizing the nebula through its UV radiation causing different gases to be excited and emit different colours. Surrounding the central object, are several other stars. There is also text on the image that has title of “astrophotography alt-text” and bullet points: 1. Describe main object (features, shape, colour, size, depth). 2. Describe its surroundings (isolated, dense star field, nebulous). 3. Describe its dynamics (orbiting, radiating, swirling, moving). 4. Describe science processes (merging, illuminating, exhibiting) This is a plot of a pulsar observation, with the x-axis representing the pulse phase and the y-axis representing flux density in units of millijansky. The plot contains thre curves, one in black which represents the pulsar’s profile intensity, one in red which represents the linear polarization and one in blue which represents the circular polarization. The pulsar's signal forms a sharp narrow peak around pulse phase 0.35. The intensity profile is much larger than the polarization profiles, which both form a more variant profile, rising up and down. The circular polarization even goes negative. This plot is representative of an observation for the pulsar PSR J2241-5236. Above the main plot there is also a smaller sub-plot, which shows the position angle (P.A.) data as a function of the same pulse phase, as well as degrees. The data in this plot is small clusters of data points and their error bars. The P.A. represents the orientation of the linear polarization of light from the observer's perspective. There is also text on the plot, which provides handy accessibility tips and a template for the wording to use, as this image is being used to demonstrate science plot accessibility The background image provides a border of many different equations which are presented in various angles and create a box around the image. These equations are science equations and they are in a light grey colour. The text on the image provides guidelines on writing alt-text for images that feature equations, and suggest that a clear description of what the equation represents is given. Then it suggests that short equations should have variables explained (e.g., E equals mc squared where E is energy, m is mass and c is the speed of light, which is squared), and also where large equations should break down the equation into smaller chunks and explain these (e.g., The top term represents the gas cloud’s temperature, which resists collapse. The bottom term describes the density and gravity, which encourages collapse. The square root gives the Jeans Length – a threshold size). Lastly, there is a point to provide a link with MathML for equations in an accessible format, and this is the preferred method. The background image is a false-colour satellite image of the Tharsis region on Mars, showing elevation changes in terms of colour variability for significant landmarks across a portion of the planet. Whilst the colour bar is not visible, it shows that the colours representing the elevation starting at blue which is 8km below the flat planes, then go to green which is the level of the flat planes, then go to white, which is about 20km above the plane. Interesting features include three very tall ancient volcanoes on a line, and a single extremely tall volcano (this is Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in the Solar System). To the right of the volcanic region, is a long, almost straight and very deep canyon which is the Valles Marineris. To the top of this image is a lot of blue, indicating low elevation land, and the bottom of image presents lots of impact craters. Overlaid on this image is text that provides guidelines for applying alt-text to geo-maps. It includes describing the map purpose, describing the legend, colour-bar and labels, describing interesting features and providing further context, such as structures, shapes, perspective in adjacent descriptions in article or posts.
October 27, 2024 at 9:06 PM
handle.invalid
"...it's not because they don't exist. It's because they are not allowed to participate." #accessibility
Halli @iamharaldur Access for people who use wheelchairs in Paris is ridiculously bad. Most establishments are not accessible. Even the ones that advertise that they are accessible. I'm reminded of the french tourist who asked me why he saw so many people in wheelchairs in Iceland. I told him that in places with good accessibility they are able to go around the city and live their lives. There are very few people in wheelchairs visible in Paris. And it's not because they don't exist. It's because they are not allowed to participate.
August 18, 2024 at 4:49 AM
sineadthefae.bsky.social
bumping to encourage alt text!

will link more in the replies below, every quoted post is likely to be a thread, so dig through for important info!

#Accessibility #AltText

⬇️ 🧵
sineadthefae.bsky.social Briar Darby Sinéad Madarch (fae/it/he) @sineadthefae.bsky.social · Dec 27
selfish reasons to use alt text:

- use SEO terms that to be picked up in the alt text *as a natural part* of effective image description

- show off writing/communication skills in alt text

- point out image/art details that might otherwise be missed

- greater peace of mind on #accessibility

🥰💜.
goblininajacket.northsky.social Goblin In A Jacket @goblininajacket.northsky.social · Dec 25
artists fleeing twitter!
do remember to add alt text to your images!
you'll be throwing away reach if you don't use alt text!
also it's morally correct!
September 24, 2026 at 5:17 PM
popelizbet.bsky.social
I'm not dunking on this author but y'all, these fun fonts make life hell for screen readers, because they aren't set up to parse them to words. If you want people with visual disabilities to read your posts or pick up your books, this isn't it. #accessibility #TheGoodPlace #HereToHelp
rebeccareyeswriting.com Rebecca E. Reyes @rebeccareyeswriting.com · Nov 16
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Action-packed science fantasy thrillers in a unique 20th century setting!

Reviews call it a must-read for...

"... fans of fantasy and mystery alike."
"... those craving a seamless blend of the extraordinary and the perilous."

amazon.com/dp/B0D2VR4VBM

#Booksky
3D covers to Sigils of Malice and Sigils of Blight
November 18, 2024 at 1:07 PM
hollydarling.bsky.social
Starter Pack of NSFW accounts that use Alt-Text on their media. Comment or send me a message to be added. Subscribe to all to support. Let’s work together to keep Bluesky accessible!

#accessibility #AltText #disability #NSFW

go.bsky.app/2K4LQ9b
December 3, 2024 at 6:59 PM
comicss.art
The latest comiCSS strip is about web accessibility and my "love" for meetings. It was inspired by a Twonks cartoon, giving it a web development/accessibility twist.
comicss.art/comics/259/

As usual, it is coded using HTML and CSS.

#comic #cartoon #accessibility #humor #joke #a11y
Comic with 4 panels stacked vertically. They all show a meeting room with 5 people sitting around a table. The lead says "before starting the meeting, let's introduce ourselves and go through the 31-point agenda", everybody else look concerned. One of them presses tab on their laptop, a "skip to main content" links pop up and he presses enter while all look surprised. Then the lead says "Ok. So let's start with the main topic" and everybody has a smile on their faces.
September 28, 2026 at 1:22 AM
alttexthalloffame.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Everyone wins!

#alttext #accessibility
A variation of the "Epic Handshake" meme from the 1987 sci-fi movie Predator, showing a close-up of four men (instead of the original 2) greeting each other with an arm-wrestle handshake. Each arm is labeled with the following text: - Blind and vision-impaired people - People with temporarily impaired vision - People with slow internet connection - People wondering WTF they're looking at The words "alt text" are shown in the center where all four hands meet.
September 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM