Posting photos on #Mastodon can be a bit daunting for me due to the expectation of including alt text. When I don't have the luxury of time to craft a suitable description or am struggling to come up with one on the spot, I usually end up skipping the photo altogether. It would be great if there was an AI-powered solution for #alttext that could consistently deliver reliable results.
@gpowerf After a few times of dealing with that myself, I came up with these sort-of rules: something is better than nothing, it's not necessary to go into every detail, don't repeat what it's already in the main text, don't spend time proof-reading it 😄
I don't usually spend more than a minute on each description, even on the go.
Another way could be saving posts with pictures into the Drafts and posting only when you're more comfortable with adding descriptions...?
@JJFlash my rule at times has been... well, this Toot can do without the image :)
@gpowerf That can also be a good exercise, like having only 140 chars to express yourself ;)
@JJFlash LOL! I'm not a huge proponent of limiting the number of characters to something very low. Turns us all into grunting cavepeople.
@gpowerf Heh 😁
It depends on the subject, I guess.
In the early times of Twitter, it often helped me to go effectively straight to the point, since I tend to beat about the bush many times...