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Does Reddit need more accessibility with image posts and links? (self.Blind)
submitted by MoronicFrog
It occurs to me that many submissions to Reddit are simply images. Some of those images are memes which have text superimposed on them. However, there is no alt text or aria field for a user to write out a description of the image.
Do you feel such features would be useful or do you have other suggestions? Or are images a moot point not worth doing anything about?
Do you feel such features would be useful or do you have other suggestions? Or are images a moot point not worth doing anything about?
gunfart 1 points 2y ago
I just avoid images and videos all together by adding filters to BaconReader so that any submission from Imgur or i.reddit.com or v.Reddit.com are filtered out and never show up.
Makes browsing with it so much easier because I don’t have to worry about things I can’t read or see anymore. Yay for text posts!
Makes browsing with it so much easier because I don’t have to worry about things I can’t read or see anymore. Yay for text posts!
BenandGracie 1 points 2y ago
For me, no. I don't use any picture subs, and if a post I look at has a picture, I can usually get the point by reading the comments.
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
Edit: corrected the link.
R/transcribersofreddit exists for this :)
R/transcribersofreddit exists for this :)
MoronicFrog [OP] 1 points 2y ago
Awesome!
But should Reddit do more natively? If so, what could they do?
But should Reddit do more natively? If so, what could they do?
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
I don’t think so, then again I don’t use picture subs.
MoronicFrog [OP] 1 points 2y ago
I mean subs that allow picture submissions. And hyperlinked in comments. How do you follow a thread when someone posts an image link. It could be a meme or could be a graph of information about the topic. Wouldn't having some descriptive text help?
And if you submit a picture to a subreddit that isn't a picture sub, sometimes people just put a title like "Does this bother anyone else?" or "Remember this guy?"
And if you submit a picture to a subreddit that isn't a picture sub, sometimes people just put a title like "Does this bother anyone else?" or "Remember this guy?"
bradley22 1 points 2y ago
I don’t sub to picture subs so don’t care either way.
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