Alt Text is the Ocean You Thought Was a Pond https://vid.northbound.online/videos/watch/a25cfacd-f9b5-44e2-8204-cb9eb6e9d699 A lecture I gave in Portland, OR, on May 27, 2026. It was supposed to be recorded. When I arrived, I learned that there was no formal recording plan in place. So I quickly popped open the macOS Screenshot app and recorded the output. I cleaned up the audio (recorded with my MacBook mic) the best I could. So this is only the slides with my voice. (I also recorded video from my MacBook camera, but couldn’t get it synced with the Screenshot video.) Talk abstract: Writing proper alt text is hard. But it doesn’t have to be. There’s a minimum standard and an advanced approach. People who need alt text will appreciate you for the former and love you for the latter. Alt text is also a whole lot more than the alt attribute. That’s just one of the many ways to make content accessible. In fact, there are a number of considerations for writing great alt text. In this presentation, I’ll help you understand the spectrum of options so you can take good care of your audience. We’ll walk through implementation methods, phonetics, composition, complex sources, and tackling social media. Let’s give screen readers and other assistive technologies something to talk about. Sat, 30 May 2026 04:52:31 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://vid.northbound.online Alt Text is the Ocean You Thought Was a Pond https://vid.northbound.online/lazy-static/avatars/ae283972-d425-4ec8-a6ce-783f0e9c3931.png https://vid.northbound.online/videos/watch/a25cfacd-f9b5-44e2-8204-cb9eb6e9d699 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://vid.northbound.online/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[Alt Text is the Ocean You Thought Was a Pond - everything-eventually-will-be-free]]> https://vid.northbound.online/w/m3RR6smxoSyXJSqTMia4Ue;threadId=47464 https://vid.northbound.online/w/m3RR6smxoSyXJSqTMia4Ue;threadId=47464 Fri, 29 May 2026 20:47:23 GMT Good talk, not quite sure why you feel the need to state twice that you used a Mac to make it, when it could be done on any phone/laptop. As you said... redundancy.

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