Oh, that’s new. The context isn’t in the image, people without visual impairments have to infer it as well, is there a reason why I should include it in an image description?
I had to open the comments and read the first one before I got it. I don’t immediately think of musk or Roman numerals when I read a meme. Though maybe I should be doing that.
[image description]
Toot by Marco Arment, @marcoarment@mastodon.social. Toot reads:
Can we please pronounce it “ten”
[end image description]
yes. done.
To add to this, Marco is an Apple blogger and the iPhone X was pronounced iPhone ten.
Context: twitter renamed X
I know, this is for accessibility.
As was mine.
Oh, that’s new. The context isn’t in the image, people without visual impairments have to infer it as well, is there a reason why I should include it in an image description?
Good thing you didn’t include it. I did.
Yes, but why? I’m trying to understand, why would people with visual impairments need the context made explicit? How does this improve accessibility?
It improves accessibly for people who didn’t know the context, visually impaired or otherwise.
It’s for the context impaired.
I had to open the comments and read the first one before I got it. I don’t immediately think of musk or Roman numerals when I read a meme. Though maybe I should be doing that.
That seems patronising. I don’t want jokes explained to me either, unless I’ve asked.
But why indeed did your post include an answer to the question posed if it’s supposed to be just a transcription?
That’s why i indicated where the description starts and ends.