#just 'the first image is labeled bi pound sign G82C71. the second image is labeled ace pound sign C4W28T.' etc etc 8 times in a row

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Sometimes I think some people who make image descriptions may not actually understand how screen readers work

#just saw a compilation of the shades of purple from different pride flags with their hexadecimal codes and it was really cool! #image description as well so yay for accessibility! #...but the id listed off the hexadecimal code for each one and im just imagining how annoying that would be to hear on a screen reader #just 'the first image is labeled bi pound sign G82C71. the second image is labeled ace pound sign C4W28T.' etc etc 8 times in a row #like as someone reading with my eyes i can just skim over that but. screen readers dont really have that option? #its gonna say every single one of those letters and numbers out loud individually #i use screen readers occasionally and mine doesnt have the option to just skip words/sentences it only lets you skip whole paragraphs #(or at least thats all ive figured out how to make it do) #and i mean you could definitely just skip that paragraph if you have a screen reader but then... #whats the point of even having that image description if people with screen readers are just gonna have to skip it? #personally i probably would have described it as something like #'a compilation of 8 images featuring the shades of purple from the bi ace [etc etc] flags with each of their hexadecimal codes' #and then placed the hex codes under a read more in case someone who was using a screen reader on the post actually wanted them #just. stuff like that #also sometimes i see people reblog with image descriptions on my posts but like... i already use the built in alt text feature #so then if someone is using a screen reader and they come across that reblog its just going to describe the image to them twice 😅 #i dont personally use my screen reader on tumblr but. i wonder how many other posts with id's in the reblogs are like that... #im really glad to see people are trying to make things more accessible! i just feel like there may be some misunderstandings #rambling