PaRtZ Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Why? Is it national blind day today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totaltrials Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 just another excuse for presents I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai the Socket Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 If you hover over the image. The Alt is:"Happy Birthday Louis Braille!"So, obviously. It's his birthday. The guy who invented the reading and stuff for blind people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Bit of a piss take really when most blind people wouldn't be able to use computers i'd have thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Bit of a piss take really when most blind people wouldn't be able to use computers i'd have thought.yeah, is quite mean when you think of it that way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MesaMan Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 (edited) I run and develop my own website business and know that loads of people us a computer who are blind. That's what Alt text was invented for and should be used as a description to a picture so a blind person knows what it is about. That's why giants Google reward sites with proper alt text and not just stuffing it with "keywords".Don't people realise that nearly everyday the Google logo changes to show the significance of the day? Also if you click on the logo it will show you what/why. Edited January 4, 2006 by MesaMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 (edited) I noticed that earlier, but why does the first g have a different number of dots than the second Edited January 4, 2006 by yoyoyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MesaMan Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I noticed that earlier, but why does the first g have a different number of dots than the second You mean "G" and "g"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubert Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 not at all, its first of all celebrating an amazing persons birthday. Someone who invented a way for non-sighted people to read nearly anything......why should non-sighted people not be able to enjoy every day things like we do?as for computers, there are many programs you can buy that do text to speech for blind people, i.e. when they hover over anything with the mouse it will tell them what is there, and the options of that item. My father is registered blind......yet he worked as a school teacher untill he retired a few years back. He is also a 13 handicap golfer, and plays for the scottish blind golf team. dont shrug off things like that, take time to think about it............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 You mean "G" and "g"? Ah, didn think of that , cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 That's what Alt text was invented for and should be used as a description to a picture so a blind person knows what it is about.What is alt text?ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai the Socket Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Typically, It's a decription of a Image or Link Value / Destination so if the link didn't load properly you could still know what it is kind of.Or as people said, for the blind.If you post a message and hover over the buttons like bold etc. It comes up and says 'bold'. That's the Alt text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 How does this help the blind? Am i missing something here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfboy Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 A program can be used to read text and the alt tags on pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Nichols Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Oh I got it now!!And the program reads out loud what's written. Clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted January 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Think of it like, a program which works on the same principal of reading braile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Has alt text got anything to do with the alt key on a keyboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Has alt text got anything to do with the alt key on a keyboard?No.It stands for alternative text.. as has been said its so that web designers can give textual descriptions to images, so when blind people use readers for looking (EDIT: errr.. reading) (at) web pages they know what the images are about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 No.It stands for alternative text.. as has been said its so that web designers can give textual descriptions to images, so when blind people use readers for looking (EDIT: errr.. reading) (at) web pages they know what the images are aboutI just thought maybe that was what you had to hold down for it to say the words for you. But thanks for clearing that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I just thought maybe that was what you had to hold down for it to say the words for you. But thanks for clearing that up. Nah, but if you hover your mouse over an image for a while the alt text should pop up after a couple of seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoo Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Bit of a piss take really when most blind people wouldn't be able to use computers i'd have thought.LMFAO!! So true man,bit cruel,but funny,although i am very evilzoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Of course you'd still use computers if you were blind how would you download music otherwise.. and go on TF.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I wasn't trying to act 'anti-blind' if there is such a thing, and I knew at least one person would have something to say about how they know a blind person that can use a computer. Of course you do, I know of someone who is perhaps more physically disabled than anyone else ill ever see, but hes still an absolute master of cad software. If you put your mind to i'd you can accomplish anything, I was talking about most people who are blind or partially sighted.I just thought I should clear that one up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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