Accessibility Awareness on Nostr: You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's ...
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
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2026-02-08 04:30:49 UTCEvent JSON
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