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Visually impaired people using a screenreader won't be able to read it.
by _whiteCaps_ 5y ago
Visually impaired people using a screenreader won't be able to read it.
- sillysaurusx 5y agoNot entirely true. My blind friend encourages me to annotate screenshots whenever possible. It's just a pain, because you have to remember to do it as you tweet (you can't do it later), and only you can do it (why not crowdsource it?)
- Ajedi32 5y agoCan screen readers still not read text in images? Years ago I could understand that being a problem, but now? If that's still true then it seems to me those screen readers could really use an upgrade. My phone has been able to copy text out of screenshots flawlessly for years. I do agree with the overall point though that images are a suboptimal way of conveying text.
- brazzledazzle 5y agoDoes your phone perform the OCR locally or does it farm it out to a service? There's privacy implications for the latter.
- throw_m239339 5y ago> Can screen readers still not read text in images? They shouldn't have to do OCR, a description of the image should be provided, there is even an attribute for that on the web, it's called "alt", or use picture/caption. Twitter and its shitty UI has no excuse.