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Would you ban social media for your own children? 👀

Amanda, a media literacy specialist, joins Alt-Talk to unpack what young people actually need to navigate digital life.

Ground. Check in. Prebunk. Debunk. Don’t panic. 💥

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#AltTalk #AltSocial
October 27, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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a11yawareness.bsky.social Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · Sep 13
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.

The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
September 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
mxfee.bsky.social
When you use emojis between words for memes and stuff, this is the nightmare you are creating.

#AltTalk
quaddolly.bsky.social Lunar Rising Quad Dolly @quaddolly.bsky.social · Dec 20
I'm doing another one, but while I'm doing it. Have the loveliness that is more than just a singular emoji in NVDA.

I'd upload the video proper so I could do alt text proper, but it's downloading the captions as .sdv, not .vtt 🥹

Alt text description in the reply to this.
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September 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
alt-social.bsky.social
In Part 2, Akky and Ximena move from Pauline Oliveros’s Horse Sings From Cloud into a conversation about sadness, anger, and grief.

Ximena reflects on how Deep Listening can create space for difficult emotions rather than immediately trying to remove them.
#alttalk #altsocial #deeplistening
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September 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM
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#alttalk #altsocial #deeplistening
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August 22, 2026 at 8:24 AM
basiliskonline.bsky.social
New 📌 post!

I'm Dyer (or BasiliskOnline) I'm a full-time professional GM on @startplaying.bsky.social, a Map Creator on Patreon and a #TTRPG game designer on @itch.io

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#BasMaps | #SGG | #BasSPG | #AltTalk
A screen shot of my Startplaying GM page showing 447 paid games hosted in 2 years with a 5 star rating with 33 reviews. Visible games shown are PF2E Kingmaker and a WFRP 4E game, both on thursdays). About Me "Hey! I'm Dyer, I've been playing RPGs for going on 30 years, my older brother started playing them with me before i hit double digits and I'm familiar with a wide variety of games. I am a progressive, non-adversarial GM that believes in player agency and table safety. I also absolutely love teaching people new games, and thought this would be a great way to do that" screen shot of a Large Thumbnail view folder of 9 of my maps. All various Fantasy buildings or landscapes. A screen shot of my Itch.io page showing some released maps and various of my games (Immune, Diesel and Dinosaurs, Arcology World, Lumen Endgame)
May 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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#AltTalk
February 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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January 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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a11yawareness.bsky.social Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · Jan 18
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.

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Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
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January 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
basiliskonline.bsky.social
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mariannedenton.bsky.social Marianne Denton 🍂🥧🤎 @mariannedenton.bsky.social · Jan 8
Hey & Hi!

I’m seeing a lot of good photography accounts joining. Welcome!

But y’all would be doing the entire community a kindness by using AltText when posting your photos.

Here’s examples of WHY & HOW. Make it meaningful.

Y’all can select a reminder in account settings for AltText, too.

📸
January 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
basiliskonline.bsky.social
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basiliskonline.bsky.social BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · Nov 26
"Dyer, why are you such a huge jerk when it comes to alt text!? You unfollowed me? muted me? just cause i don't use alt text! You aren't even blind!"

Aight well long version short is this meme, but lets talk about this, and why i encourage other people to do the same...
I Don't Know How to Explain to you that you should care about other people.
December 26, 2024 at 6:04 PM
basiliskonline.bsky.social
Reminder: if you put hashtags in your bio, people can look for those hashtags on just your blog, which is very nice to help organize your stuff!
A screenshot of my accounts bio, showing several hashtags organized on my bio, When clicked on, those hashtags (for instance #AltTalk) expand out giving you options for "See #AltTalk posts" and "See #AltTalk posts by user" and "Mute "#AltTalk".
December 23, 2024 at 8:54 PM
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semispri.bsky.social spri 🌱 @semispri.bsky.social · Nov 28
Today is about community so I want to take a second to also talk about accessibility online! I have some tips and tricks to help make your posting more accessible! ↓
December 22, 2024 at 5:58 PM
basiliskonline.bsky.social
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basiliskonline.bsky.social BasiliskOnline🦎 @basiliskonline.bsky.social · Dec 22
Starter Packs for those that use #AltText #Accessibility

Artists that use Alt-Text Starter Packs:
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Feed: bsky.app/profile/basi...

Alt Text Users in TTRPG: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Alt Text Users in D&D: bsky.app/starter-pack...
December 22, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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alisonborealis.bsky.social no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · Nov 14
Alt text serves as a lot of different purposes, too! All of which improve accessibility (for more than just people with vision-impairments).

I use it quite often to understand memes and read fine-print screenshots.
December 19, 2024 at 6:01 PM
basiliskonline.bsky.social
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bilboyaga.bsky.social Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · Oct 24
If you’re upset by folks asking for alt text, help make accessibility the norm so no one has to ask.

If you’re unfamiliar, learn via the links and images below. Enable the “require alt text” setting.

If you’re unable, the Alt4Me hashtag will summon help.

If you’re unwilling, go back to Twitter.
Infographic featuring a photo of a capybara. Writing Alt Text: identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features. The completed example reads, “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.” Screenshot of the bluesky accessibility settings that shows the “require alt text before posting” setting toggled on and underlined for emphasis.
December 17, 2024 at 11:00 PM
chriskalos.xyz
How do Bluesky users feel about using generative AI to create alt text for images?

I feel like it's a very good use of AI that actually helps the world, and especially if you can run an LLM locally and feed it the images you want to post to generate alt text, it's ethical as well. #AltTalk #alttext
November 12, 2024 at 1:41 PM
trebornotrub.bsky.social
Hi, I use Alt Text consitently please add me

#Art #altText #altTalk #accessibility
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#artsky
@artistsupport.bsky.social
#digitalart #traditionalart #artist
February 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
tbmcqueen.bsky.social
When I look through the Discover Art feed, the number of posts with alt text is around 2-5%. I want to tell them they'll get more action with alt, but feeds are a one-way stream.
#AltTalk #Artists
December 9, 2024 at 10:52 PM
melodywisp.bsky.social
you're welcome!

@mxfee.bsky.social actually went and tagged all these resources with the hashtag AltTalk. thats how i found it so quickly 🙂
November 8, 2024 at 8:21 PM
beauholliday.com
This is an example of the software people use to experience the internet.

Imagine asking Siri, or Alexa, or Cortana, not only to read your friends new post but, to also describe the images in detail, as well.

Use your words, well.
#AltTalk #AltDescription #ALTs #photos #emojis
December 21, 2024 at 8:21 PM
petabytes.bsky.social
#AltTalk #Accessibility
tylerfromtheinternet.com Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Nov 22
Hi! You're seeing this because someone noticed you posting an image that doesn't contain alt text. This is not a scolding! You are loved! But everyone needs to be convinced using alt text is socially mandatory. (I sure had to be shown the way as well!) Would you mind reading this🧵 about it and why?
January 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
petabytes.bsky.social
#AltTalk #Accessibility
kiraleigh.bsky.social Kira Leigh 🏳️‍⚧️ @kiraleigh.bsky.social · Dec 1
There's alt 4 me which can help if people lack the spoons to do alt text. People keep forgetting about it bsky.app/profile/eust...
January 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
petabytes.bsky.social
#AltTalk #Accessibility
dremenec.bsky.social alex @dremenec.bsky.social · Oct 28
Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!
An infographic. There are six panels. 1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded. 2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text. 3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky. 4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german. 5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say. 6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.
January 8, 2025 at 2:19 AM
petabytes.bsky.social
#AltTalk #Accessibility
belenen.bsky.social Belenen @belenen.bsky.social · Nov 19
#altText for #art is an art in itself. When you are describing art, the goal is to provide at least some of the experience that a viewer would get. Unlike descriptions for other kinds of images, more is better when describing an art piece. Here are 8 tips for better image descriptions of art:
January 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM