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@hannahleerogers.bsky.social

Too many interests, too little time. Literature, board games, podcasts. I learned to ride a bike last year, and I'm still proud. She/her.

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One hundred percent! There are a lot of factors that go into UX and accessibility work, and also some really interesting folks who also think about beauty in accessibility work that’s super cool!

On button: talking to users on just that one project showed it all matters.

06.02.2025 23:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also I got wrapped up in alt text thinking and didn’t say: I love the little blob and want to give buddy a hug

06.02.2025 23:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And just discovered they’re on BlueSky too, same username! Great tips not just for alt text!

06.02.2025 22:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Recognize something like “lil” as a word and instead may spell it out. So it’s definitely a challenge of trying to capture an aesthetic with plain language.

06.02.2025 22:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think something else that might come into play here is thinking about will your audience understand abbreviations. I follow a great accessibility account on the other place (A11yAwareness), and they’ve made the point that abbreviations may not be known by everyone and that screenreaders may not ..

06.02.2025 22:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

But I feel like maybe part of what you want to convey based on your question is the aesthetics like cuteness and the feeling from those drawings. So maybe I’d look at alt text in this case like a creative writing exercise? Like in 1-2 sentences how would you paint the same picture with words?

06.02.2025 22:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You can definitely search “writing good alt text” and get great advice about considering the context to help figure out what you want to convey, avoiding starting alt text with “Picture/Image of” (although sometimes describing the kind of image is important), and other tips.

06.02.2025 22:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Firstly, you’re totally right that good alt text is hard! And figuring the balance of conciseness with capturing the information or feeling of what is being described is something I talk with folks about a lot.

06.02.2025 22:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Aw, I love it!

13.01.2025 22:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Three years after graduation, I’ve finally turned in on my books to the library.

24.08.2023 13:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m a DGSU alumni who was part of the union push in 2017. So proud of the current union members for running such an amazing campaign.

23.08.2023 18:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was really lucky to organize with wonderful people when I was a graduate student. And now so happy for the current graduate workers at my alma mater to have their labor union recognized. Wonderful day!

22.08.2023 21:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Graduate students vote in favor of unionization The vote marks the union as the first officially recognized graduate student union at a private university in the South and one of the largest unions in North Carolina. 

More information from the Duke Chronicle: t.co/H1U7ma1jhW

22.08.2023 20:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Openly sobbing. So proud of everyone who worked to bring this moment to fruition.

22.08.2023 20:08 — 👍 118    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0

Happy birthday!! Hope you’re having a great one!

08.08.2023 15:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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