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rtCamp / rtMedia

rtMedia (formerly Buddypress Media) adds advanced multimedia functionality to WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress
https://rtmedia.io/
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Make it possible to add ALT text to images before posting for blind and low vision comunity #1976

Closed AXSWeb closed 1 year ago

AXSWeb commented 1 year ago

Would it be possible to make it so people as they are posting an image, they can add ALT text. We need this for a blind and low vision comunity, so people with screen readers know what other members are posting.

pavanpatil1 commented 1 year ago

Hi,

It is possible, When media is uploaded from the activity page, the media name is used as the default alt text. To modify the alt text, you can simply edit the media and update its name, which will automatically update the alt tag accordingly.

https://github.com/rtCamp/rtMedia/assets/44057535/879c56b8-5bd3-4866-a783-841d1f2f80e8

AXSWeb commented 1 year ago

Hi, thanks for the info, I know you shared a video, but I am blind so it does not assist me. I really hoped I would not have to train the members on the website to rename their files, as I cannot rename the files, as I do not know what is in the image either. Guess I see how many complaints I get and then simply remove the plugin. Again thanks for the info.

AXSWeb commented 1 year ago

Hi again, I went and had a deeper look and found the edit section for the image. I edited the title like you suggested and it worked fine. This is very much the same way we have to do it with facebook, so should be easy enough to get members to follow the process. Thanks again for info.