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submitted 1 week ago by kali_fornication@lemmy.world to c/me_irl@lemmy.world

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, everyone's.

Images of pure text aren't accessible or necessary: use proper text, instead.

Images of text break much that text alternatives do not. Losses due to image of text lacking alternative:

usability
- we can't quote the text without pointless bullshit like retyping it or OCR
- text search is unavailable
- the system can't
  - reflow text to varied screen sizes
  - vary presentation (size, contrast)
  - vary modality (audio, braille)
accessibility
- lacks semantic structure (tags for titles, heading levels, sections, paragraphs, lists, emphasis, code, links, accessibility features, etc)
- some users can't read the image due to lack of alt text (markdown image description)
- users can't adapt the text for dyslexia or vision impairments
- systems can't read the text to them or send it to braille devices
searchability: the "text" isn't indexable by search engine in a meaningful way
fault tolerance: no text fallback if
- image breaks
- image host is geoblocked due to insane regulations.

Contrary to age & humble appearance, text is an advanced technology that provides all these capabilities absent from images.

[–] SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

It could work with accessibility captions and transcripts.

I've done that when posting on !microblogmemes@lemmy.world