Text descriptions are expected on the Fediverse, it’s seen as good manners to be considerate of screen reader users. By the time you’ve been doing it for a while it becomes second nature, but if you’re not used to adding text descriptions it can be easy to forget to add them.
However, help is available! There is a bot called PleaseCaption which will automatically send you a DM if you’ve forgotten to include an alt text on an image, video or audio post.
- Follow the PleaseCaption bot at @PleaseCaption@botsin.space ⧉
- PleaseCaption will automatically follow you back (if you have follow requests switched on confirm the bot’s request to activate the reminders)
- If you post an image, video or audio without a description, PleaseCaption will send you a DM about it as a reminder. You can then edit the post to add the description in if you like.
How do I stop the reminders from PleaseCaption?
To stop the reminders:
- Unfollow PleaseCaption
- Block and then unblock PleaseCaption, this will remove if as a follower but you will still be able to follow it again in future
How do I delete the reminder DMs from PleaseCaption?
Just favourite a reminder and PleaseCaption will automatically delete it.
Does it check if posts I boost have descriptions?
No, not any more. It used to, but ran into technical difficulties with this feature so the developers have switched boost-checking off for the moment.