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Accessibility on Instagram (self.Blind)
submitted by Marie_reitan
Hello friends. I'm trying to make my Instagram feed as accessible as possible, and so I have a question.
What do you prefer between photo descriptions and alt tekst? Pros and cons?
All the love from a stranger on the internet ♡
What do you prefer between photo descriptions and alt tekst? Pros and cons?
All the love from a stranger on the internet ♡
SecTrono 5 points 2y ago
instagram is such a visual platform. i wonder how many blind people use it.
Marie_reitan [OP] 3 points 2y ago
Hmm, I don't really know? There's like 11k posts using the accessibility hashtag tho, so like somebody's gotta be on there right?
SecTrono 5 points 2y ago
digital accessibility covers a wide range of disabilities. plus you get all the able bodied activists that want to show everyone how good they are and the business people who want to promote their accessibility services to other companies.
Marie_reitan [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Yeah that's true
sadfactory 3 points 2y ago
Check out Molly Burke’s account on Instagram. She is a YouTuber who is blind and always adds a brief photo description to her photos. I would recommend simply copying the format she uses.
Marie_reitan [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Yes I love her! ♡
That's what I'm doing now, but then I saw this infographic thing that told me it was better to use alt tekst, so I got a bit confused 😝
That's what I'm doing now, but then I saw this infographic thing that told me it was better to use alt tekst, so I got a bit confused 😝
Ant5477 2 points 2y ago
I use it, and I am totally blind, and enjoy Instagram, you can also check out my channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/3rdeyevisions
https://www.youtube.com/c/3rdeyevisions
Marie_reitan [OP] 1 points 2y ago
♡♡♡
RJHand 1 points 2y ago
There the same thing. Though I don't think instagram lets you put alt text, only captions. Voiceover kind of guesses what the photo is though or theres the app seeingai that does a better job at describing it. Could always put a bit of a description in the caption though.
reddit-aloud 5 points 2y ago
Cool news! Instagram does let you put alt text now! When you’re creating a post, after you enter the text and location and tags, scroll all the way to the bottom and hit advanced settings. There, you can click edit alt text, and type it in. Alt text is read by screen readers. Photo descriptions are read when the caption is read too, but folks who use magnifiers only can also benefit from the description typed out.
RJHand 3 points 2y ago
Oh nice, did not know that. Wow good to know.
Marie_reitan [OP] 2 points 2y ago
Ah okay I see, that's super helpful thank you! 😊
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
I don’t think there’s a difference?
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