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Tips for making posts more accessible to blind people:
-Add text descriptions to images & videos
-Make first letters of hashtag words capitalised, e.g. #DogsOfMastodon
-Don't use long strings of emoji
-Don't do "sarcastic text" with random capitalisations
-If you see #Alt4Me in a post with an image, reply with a description and tag #Alt4You (you can also reply with a description for any post lacking its own alt text)
More info about all of these at:
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
What's wrong with long strands of emoji?
Because screen readers read the alt texts of every single emoji out loud, which takes a long time and can be really irritating.
also, no „exotic“ characters (like mathematical symbols etc.) just to make your account name or message look a little more fancy. They are a nightmare on screenreaders! Here’s an example you can listen to:
Thank you for the excellent example!
Is it okay if I add this tip to the article on fedi.tips? (Link to article: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-make-posts-more-accessible-to-blind-people-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/)
yes of course that’s okay! Thank you for adding it!
you’re the best!
@FediTips I've been using lowercase letters for the start of hashtags and only capitalizing letters of following words — does that work as well or should I be capitalizing the first letter?
As far as I know it would work, but it's probably easier for people to remember what to do if it's starting each word with a capital.
@FediTips Sounds good, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing it wrong!
@crochetedman @FediTips Screen reader user here. Lower case first word works fine, as long as the subsequent words have a capital first letter. Thanks for asking!
randomly to remind people to use 
Thanks for doing this!
I didn't know about the #Alt4You tag. I've just been tagging mine with #AltText but I guess it's easier for sightless users to find #Alt4You
I'm always wary of using the digit 4 instead of the word "for", as it seems a bit Anglo-centric , but I guess if this is there generally accepted convention then it's okay.
As far as I know it's the only tag of its kind. If there are others I'll try to list them!