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Fun fact (which may get changed as more people discover it): Alt Text does not have a 300 character limit (e.g. scroll down to find my Schwarzenegger screenshot)
So try to make the Alt Text the first thing you write - use a notebook app if it helps with copy/paste. Think of the spout as the summary
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I did see a very popular spouter express surprise the other day when they discovered that text in photos isn’t picked up by screen readers. They had assumed it was.

You need to use alt text even if you’re just posting an image of text.
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If you copy/paste the Schwarzenegger Alt Text (oops - it cuts off after the word “ever”. The missing text is “remember you”) into the Spout Writer, you’ll see that Alt Text has a 1000 character limit.

As a fan of The Elsen Quote Thread, I await The Elsen Alt @eilsen_baddie 😉
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Update: on reflection I’m uneasy about alternative uses of Alt Text because I appreciate that I am a guest in that space.

Community first, comedy second.
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