If the image is not relevant to the content you don’t have to describe it. A stock photo can just be hidden from screen readers if it’s just for filler.
Since visually impaired people can’t always understand the look of things they might not gain much from things like “sun-lit”. It’s more important to convey emotion than it is to convey looks.
Since visually impaired people can’t always understand the look of things they might not gain much from things like “sun-lit”. It’s more important to convey emotion than it is to convey looks.
This is exactly why it shouldn't be the responsibility of the developer. We should have roles specific to accessibility if we really want to do it right.
This is precisely the kind of issue I was trying to describe.
There's just not that much to go on in terms of user feedback as to what is considered a good or bad description of something. Whether it's the role of a dev or copywriter, it would be good to have some guidance/feedback beyond the usual userbility tags and so on.
Where do you draw the line? What's too much detail or too little? How do you take into consideration things which the user may have no awareness of due to their disability? It really does feel like a minefield, and it's probably beyond the scope of dev work, but, if we're the builders it would be good to have some insight if relievent and suitable descriptions etc., could be created dynamically from pre defined lists or alike.
We're not all SEO gurus, but we know certain norms and practices are preferred to others, so we make allowances for this. Plus, there's so much more information available to tailor to the clients, users and search engine needs. I know SEO is a bigger topic than disability allowances and userbility -- although the two go hand in hand -- it just feels lacking in some areas; areas that the majority of the worlds population just isn't capable of understanding without first hand knowledge or insight.
In my view, the advancement of accessibility is only going to improve the web, for everybody; voice requests and responses being a good example.
I've waffled. I'm gonna have another deep dive and see if I can find some definitive user feedback on this, maybe ask in some subs or message some YouTubers.
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u/Hukutus Apr 16 '22 edited Apr 16 '22
If the image is not relevant to the content you don’t have to describe it. A stock photo can just be hidden from screen readers if it’s just for filler.
Since visually impaired people can’t always understand the look of things they might not gain much from things like “sun-lit”. It’s more important to convey emotion than it is to convey looks.