@seth thank you Seth! 😊

@andypiper@macaw.social @Jerry@hear-me.social thank you! 🥰

@Jerry@hear-me.social awww thank you Jerry! I’m delighted to hear you enjoyed this post ✨

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online yes I’d love to discuss Hall of Fame. And didn’t realize @AltTextHealthCheck@mastodon.social was done by another Stefan 😅 @stefan@gardenstate.social thanks for the clarification!

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online ha! I replied to your other post before seeing this one. Will definitely mention your work in part 2. Maybe I'll reach out soon with a couple of questions, if that's ok? It would be great to quote you on your work with #AltText bots

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online thank you for sharing my post Stefan! ❤️ LOVE your work by the way and I'll be mentioning your #AltText bot in part 2

@mathi_gwithyas thank you for checking Mathi! It’s just so strange - definitely looks like a big oversight

Update no. 2: mystery solved thanks to @mathi_gwithyas@ohai.social ✨🏆✨

So on the Threads MOBILE app you need to enable the accessibility text button by clicking on:

settings > account > accessibility > show alt text

Source:
https://mastodon.social/@mathi_gwithyas@ohai.social/113192022494725131

If you don't click on it, you won't see the alt text. And I could not find that setting on Threads on desktop 🤔

I just pinged @pcottle on Threads asking if he could turn it on BY DEFAULT for EVERYONE to raise awareness about accessibility

@mathi_gwithyas@ohai.social I looked for the setting under Account on my desktop computer but couldn't find it 🤷‍♀️

Thanks again for your help!

@mathi_gwithyas@ohai.social thanks! but what about desktop?

I will fetch my burner phone and turn it on ;)

@strght@mastodon.social ha! thanks! for the record I have that app installed on a burner phone - it makes me feel so icky to have anything to do with something by Meta

Follow-up:

I posted a poll on Threads about #alttext (which likely nobody will see) and I replied to my own message with a photo with an alt text description.

Once the photo is published I cannot read the alt text I had written. Am I doing something wrong? The post is here: https://www.threads.net/@elenarossini/post/DAS8jb-Ntl-?xmt=AQGzU6RVWnVjBvoDGP6ft8CGHZwncy-1-vRAQxtB7ldFRA

And sorry for linking to a Meta website, but for the record I only use Threads to post messages about the #Fediverse 🤗