This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.

@menelion @deborahh huh. What screen reader does that? Is this an iOS/Android thing?
I'm a screen reader user myself and I don't think I've seen this happen all that often

@zersiax @deborahh I'm quiet here, because I use JAWS and I've seen it before maybe, but my hunch is that it depends on the TTS. I boosted though because I feel all caps is like yelling, also it adds burden for Braille display users.

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.

@deborahh All caps is also harder to read for people with various print disabilities. For partially sighted people and others, the shape of letters in words makes them much easier to read.

@menelion @deborahh I do use all caps to emphasize words in a sentence, as in "Why DO chickens cross the road?" but that's about it. All-capsing a whole entire post ... ehh ... I feel it looks like someone feels the need to scream but then, I don't mean to tone police either, just not my thing

@menelion @deborahh huh. What screen reader does that? Is this an iOS/Android thing?
I'm a screen reader user myself and I don't think I've seen this happen all that often

@deborahh I mean LOL as el-oh-el actually fits the intended meaning, at least.

We do really need a screen reader for sited users though - there's way too much "know nothing about how our works are being interpreted until someone happens to complain" going on.

@deborahh Same with hashtags in the post. Save them for the end and consider being selective with them. Does ones really need a dozen of them?

@Epic_Null oh, like those websites that let us test a web page for colour-blind accessibility? It certainly should exist, if it does not!

So-called AI is being used so frivolously. But this sounds like a good usecase for machine intelligence!

Hey, chatbot: is this page accessible?

@CStamp I try to limit hashtags, but sometimes they are needed to help folks filter.

What do the youngs say?
"6 7"?

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.

@deborahh I would argue this is a TERRIBLE place for machine intellegence.

The question being asked also should not be "Is this page accessable". It should be "What is the user's experience like, and how can I adjust it to be closer to what I envisioned?"

This means things like helping you to understand how easily you can enter into and escape navigation menus, what each photo "looks" like when the screen reader focuses on it, and how updating elements interact with the screen reader. There's also "Where in this tree is the footer? Can it be accessed? If so, when?"

Sure, some of these are just "good design choices", but a lot of it will be influenced by the experience we actually want to provide.

This week I learned, from a blind acquaintance here, that when we write in ALL CAPS in alt text, their screenreader* reads it all out, *one letter at a time*.

Totally defeating the point of alt text making things accessible, right?
Needless to say, I've stopped.

Well, LOL remains LOL, of course!
#TIL #accessibility #blind #deafblind

* apparently, not all screenreaders.