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[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago

It's a political cartoon. I don't think I can post it as a text.

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 5 points 7 months ago

You could write a description of the image and put it in the alt text like this

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

![](https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/7c2ed146-ee52-4f0b-89b0-ce403f9e9f35.jpeg "Lesson: Double Negatives. I'm anti-antifa. I am anti-anti-fascist. I am fascist")

here, i think i got that right
hovering over the image should give you the "Lesson: Double Negatives. I'm anti-antifa. I am anti-anti-fascist. I am fascist" text

[-] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

That is a title rather than an alt attribute, and is a (partial) transcript of the text in the image but it lacks a description of the context.

better version![a comic strip showing Donald Trump wearing a t-shirt which says "I'm anti-antifa". Behind him a woman is finishing writing four lines of text on a chalkboard: "Lesson: Double Negatives", "I’m anti-antifa", "I am anti-anti-fascist" (with each "anti" crossed out), and finally "I am fascist"](https://lemmy.ml/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.ca%2Fpictrs%2Fimage%2F7c2ed146-ee52-4f0b-89b0-ce403f9e9f35.jpeg)

making it an alt attribute instead of a title attribute means it won't show up as a tooltip, but (I think?) it will be read by more screen readers than it would as a title.

[-] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 7 months ago

thanks, i've only really done alt-text with raw html, and even then infrequently
was kinda flying by the seat of my pants with markdown

[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

Of course you can. Explain what you see like you would to a blind person.

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