#i meant to queue it not post!!

[cafenervosa]

Loser, Baby - A cover for my Angel Dust playlist 💕

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[cirrus-grey]

People who have only listened to Protocol (I'm assuming): The tape player was gone??? Did someone come by and take it?

Archives veterans: No, no, that’s perfectly normal behavior for a tape player.

[ai-no-kokuhaku]

kokuhaku art style compliant dragon age art

this is literally the first time i'm drawing them in my normal art style i think??

[disabilityawarenesspride]

How to Write an Image Description: A Fundamental Guide.

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General Guidelines:

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Object, Action, Context

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This is what you want to prioritize. What are we looking at, what is going on, and what is the surrounding environment?

Keep it simple and get to the point

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Try to use short, clear sentences and prioritize what the reader needs to know in the context of the post. We don't need to know that the tweet was posted at 2:08AM or what color rings someone is wearing. That doesn't really provide useful information. If you really want to provide some relevant details, be sure you get to the main point of the image first.

Context is Important

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Why is the image posted there? What information does it lend to the content around it? Make sure the viewer knows what they need to know to understand how the image relates to the text and content partnered with it.

For a meme or a tweet screenshot, we don't need to know all the details or what the background looks like, we just need to understand the joke. For something like art or photography, you may want to include more details.

Don't Assume

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Don't assume gender, race, and pronouns of the subject(s) of the image. If you can find this context in the post, on op's blog, or somewhere else you can include it, but try not to make baseless assumptions.

Alt Text vs Image Descriptions

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Alt text is great for people using screen readers, but it isn't always the most accessible option. Alt text can be glitchy, the font size cannot be changed for those who need large text, and it doesn't show up at all until the image either loads or completely fails to load.

For this reason, a longer description in plain text in the body of the post is a more accessible option.

I suggest a short summary in the alt text so people can get the overview of an image and a longer description in the body of the post. For example, compare the image description and the alt text for the following image:

[Image ID: A guide to writing alt text on images. At the top, it says "Writing Alt Text" in big white text. It then lists off five major steps to writing alt text. Identify who, expression, description, color, and interesting features. It then shows an image of a capybara, with a sample alt text that reads, "A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on top of the capybara's head." with each block of text color-coordinated to show which of the five steps it corresponds to. At the bottom of the image is the word "Puzzle" stylized into a logo. End ID.]

The Alt text provides the bare minimum of what you need to know to contextualize the image, while the ID expands on details that help to understand it and provides more details.

Formatting:

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Try your best to use correct spelling and grammar, but transcribe accurately. Use clear language and concise sentences where possible. However: Don't censor words or correct spelling when transcribing something from the image. You want the description to be as accurate to the image as possible.

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Always use plain text. Never use formatting like bold, italics, other fonts/font sizes/text colors, or text in all caps. If they appear in the original image, transcribe it in plain text like this:

[Bold, underlined] Always use plain text. [End bold and underlines.]

Begin an ID with square brackets [[these]], followed by "ID:" or "Image:". End the description with "End ID" and a closed square bracket ] to signify the end of the descriptions.

Screenreaders and visually impaired people sometimes struggle with symbols and emojis. Transcribe these instead when possible!

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The image description should be directly after the image, before any post caption or commentary.

Never use a readmore! If you delete the post or change your url the description is gone forever. It also makes the ID harder to reach in general, which is not accessible.

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Make your post accessible from the start if you can. Don't post something without an ID then reblog it with a description so that people have a chance to spread the inaccessible version of the post if they "prefer" the one without the "clutter" of an ID. That's ableist. If you post something without a description then end up describing it later, edit the ID into the original post.

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Resources:

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The People's Accessibility Discord Server: I will always suggest this server! It's full of people that can help write descriptions, give feedback on IDs you've written, answer questions about accessibility, and more!

Online OCR: Image(/PDF) to text converter! This is really helpful, especially for transcribing text in tweet screenshots, article excerpts, etc. You will still have to do a bit of work formatting and correcting things sometimes, but it's a really helpful tool

CaseConverter: Good for converting lots of text in all caps for plain text transcriptions.

Meme Image Descriptions: This google doc has descriptions of many common meme images and templates!

Some simple Image Description formats: tailored largely for replies and screenshots from social media.

WebAim: A whole website for web accessability!

Online Accessibility Masterpost focusing on image descriptions from tumblr user @anistarrose. This has a ton of good resources, reading, and tips!

Reading & Guidelines:

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Cooper Hewitt guidelines for image description: This focuses on describing art, but it's a fantastic resource. It gives a good description on the distinction between alt text and long descriptions and gives guidelines for each. It's a pretty concise and easily comprehensible read with a lot of good tips towards the end.

Medium's How to Write an Image Description: Concise and helpful. The origin of "object, action, context".

Diagram Center Guidelines for Image Description: I really suggest reading through this. It gives a much more comprehensive understanding of what is important when writing a description and has different sections for help describing all sorts of things like photos, art, comics, diagrams, charts, math, chemistry, and more! A longer read, but it has a lot of specifics.

Perkins School for the Blind how to write alt text and image descriptions: Another great resource! Concise and helpful, shorter than Diagram Center's articles.

SiteImprove's Alt Text Best Practices: Focuses on Alt text not long image descriptions

Last Call Media- Accessible Comics: Great info for describing comics!

American Anthropological Association's Guide for creating image descriptions: an additional resource on IDs just because

Some tips from Tumblr user @keplercryptids! I reiterated a lot of these points here, but it's still a very helpful post!

General guideline from @can-i-make-image-descriptions and @accessibleaesthetics

Alt Text and Image Description Guide by @brownandtrans

Huge list of blogs that post accessible content!

And another google doc of accessible blogs!

If this post was too much information to read and absorb all at once, I suggest reading the first two links as well as some of the last few links that lead to Tumblr posts.

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Those probably have the most concise and easily digestible information, so choose one of those. If I've said anything incorrect in this post, please let me know so I can correct it ASAP! Thanks so much for reading and happy describing!

[royalarchivist]

Slimecicle: I have a feeling there might be another... Actually, I don't want to scare her. Hang on. I don't I don't really want to freak her the fck out. There we go. Helloooo?

JuanaFlippa: [Is wearing a cute little ghost costume]

Slime: [SCREAMS] OH FCK! Oh sht! Oh god! I need to tell Flippa! Oh my god it's haunted, we need to move! We actually need to move! Oh my god, I got to change zip codes! I need to change fcking states, I need to change SMPs! [He takes a minute to calm down] Oh, oh, that was scary. Oh my god. Do you think it's still there? Do you think it's still there? It's probably- [SCREAMS]

[pjotwitter]

[14dayswithyou]

[9 May 2022] soooo that line about Ren liking to say MC's name....has he been "practicing" every night ?🎙️👀

Most definitely 😩 Your name + your laundry that he "borrowed" = almost every late "practice session" for him... 😳😳😳 Ren is also naturally very whiney and vocal when he's alone, so I'm sure he's gotten a few noise complaints from his neighbours in the past lol

[minty-mumbles]

“There’s only one bed” trope for LU but it’s just nine guys (or eight guys and one dog) trying to fit into one bed because that’s all the inn had left and no one is willing to admit defeat and sleep on the floor

[dollsinvogue]

Monster High Howliday Draculaura » Annie’s Ibiza spring/summer 2024

Draculaura picture credits to cleosnile on instagram

[orbitsuns]

[darlingod]

Jude’s thoughts are so cute

And these some short facts about her:

• almost cuts her twin sister in half

• threatened to kill her sister’s husband

• kidnaps a prince then later gets him to agree to do whatever she tells him to without much convincing

• poisons her father, the most murderous general

• duels said murderous father and LIVES???

[millidew]

who's this lanky llama with haunted eyes

[colscortex]

“There seems to be a slight misunderstanding, my friend. At this table, you… are the challenger.” - Aventurine

[dalloneveryday]

day 291

[single-malt-scotch]

Bdubs' s7 base, rethinking voxels shaders. Took some vertical pictures for my vertical monitor, thought they were worth sharing too!

[shikai-the-storyteller]

Who is Spreen?

We're doing this again I guess LMAO. Spreen just got announced for the QSMP so here's a quick rundown of who he is:

Spreen is a very popular Argentinan streamer. He was in Tortillaland 2, and he recently participated in Squidcraft Games and Minecraft Extremo (a Hardcore Minecraft server with a battle royale / hunger games mentality where everyone had only 3 lives).

Spreen was nominated (and won) the Breakout Streamer of the Year award at the Eslands (a Spanish streamer awards show, similar to the Streamer Awards).

Quackity and Rivers (another streamer friend of theirs) were also nominated for this award, and when Spreen won, he insisted that Rivers and Quackity join him on stage because they're all worthy of the award

Spreen went to the awards show in PJs (lmao)

Because his Minecraft skin is a black bear wearing sunglasses, a popular theory is that his character is the son of Rubegetta (Rubius x Vegetta)

He and Karl were one of the first streamers (besides Quackity ofc) to do a collaboration between Spanish and English content creators.

Karl calls Spreen "gatito" (kitty / kitten)

In Minecraft Extremo, he was part of team Vacío Legal (Legal Loophole). His teammates included Rubius, Missa, Shadoune, and Quackity. He was one of the last surviving members.

He's a very good PVP fighter and he worked hard to protect his friends (though he was unable to save Quackity, who died in front of him twice after getting yeeted by the gods then killed by a Vindicator).

Spreen's character seems to have a soft-spot for Roier, a friendly flirty guy who Spreen defended from his teammates, even though Roier was on an enemy team.

Despite this fondness, he'll still gladly maim Roier for fun, he just won't let anyone else hurt or kill him.

Although he was very competitive in Squidcraft Games, Spreen was still quick to defend Karl when a guard threatened to shoot him.

Spreen also had a very playful rivalry with Tubbo.

He has a habit of catching people off-guard with his humor.

In Tortillaland, Spreen's character was similar to Gus from Breaking Bad. He had his own city where he controlled the medial, extorted people, and threatened to kill people with withers if they annoyed him or didn't pay rent.

Spreen has also cosplayed his character cosplaying as Gus.

Other info posts:

Who is Vegetta? | Who is Sapo Peta? | Who is Luzu?