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@hollyamory I'm glad it helps! It does eat into the character limit something fierce, but they have to go somewhere!
@Cobalt
Yeah, we have all these characters, might as well use 'em. :)
@Cobalt @hollyamory I'm all for a technical solution here. Use alt text everywhere and then make it accessible in the apps / browser so everyone can read it!
@hollyamory @Cobalt Until then we have to improvise and maybe use both ways whenever possible.
@Cobalt
It totally should get image descriptions, don't get me wrong! But putting them in the text of your toot also makes the image accessible to people who don't have access to screenreading software (or who are finding it fallible/inadequate!), of which there are many. :)