The Image ID Project

What is the Image ID Project?

The Image ID Project is a project dedicated to providing the knowledge, tools, and resources to members of the liom, mogai, and adjacent communities to assist them in making their posts more accessible to the entire community by providing image IDs.

What will this blog post?

This blog will post tips, tricks, and helpful info surrounding creating image IDs. It will also be posting ID templates for flags that have been created by the community.

What are image IDs and why are they important?

Image IDs, put simply, are a description of an image. They allow people using screen readers to access posts by providing necessary context from images, which screen readers cannot do by themselves. It is the community's responsibility to foster a welcoming environment for all, doing so by providing both plain text and image IDs for all possible posts.

What is a screenreader?

A screen reader is a piece of technology that reads out the words on screen. They are used by many different people to read content and navigate services. You can read more about screen readers here(link) and here(link).

Who does this project benefit?

Everyone! Have you ever been in a situation where images won't load? An image ID would help you to understand the context of the post without it. Accessibility benefits everyone, whether or not you immediately see the impacts.

Who runs this project?

You may call me Creature. I use it / its. I am currently the only person working on this project, though this may change if the project grows in scale.

How can you help or contribute?

The best way that you can help with this project is by sharing it with others! Currently, I am not looking for direct contributors, but if you see a flag that hasn't been posted with an ID, or isn't on this(link) page, feel free to send it in (with the respective coining post) via an ask or through Tumblr DMs.

Can you request ID templates?

flag ID: A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are darker greyish-blue, greyish navy blue, greyish blue, light greyish-blue, greyish blue, greyish navy blue, darker greyish-blue. The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th stripes are scalloped facing outwards. The 2nd and 6th stripes are very thin and have shadows behind them facing outwards. In the centre of the flag is a rounded light rey hexagon, which is thinly outlined in dark blue and has a shadow behind it.

Template:

A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are (7 colours go here). The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th stripes are scalloped facing outwards. The 2nd and 6th stripes are very thin and have shadows behind them facing outwards. In the centre of the flag is a rounded (colour) hexagon, which is thinly outlined in (colour) and has a shadow behind it.

A flag with 5 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are black, dark grey, grey, light grey, lighter grey. In the centre is a grey circle.

Template:

A flag with 5 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are (5 colours go here). In the centre is a (colour) (symbol description) inside a (colour) circle.

flag ID: A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are white, light grey, dark grey, grey, light grey, dark grey, black. The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th stripes are all scalloped facing outwards. In the centre of the flag is a white heart outlined first thinly in black, then again in grey. The entire flag is outlined in dark grey.

Template:

A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are (7 colours go here). The 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th stripes are all scalloped facing outwards. In the centre of the flag is a (colour) heart outlined first thinly in (colour), then again in (colour). The entire flag is outlined in (colour).

flag ID: 2 flags with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are pale yellow, teal, blue, purple, dusty pink, pink, pale green. In the centre of the first flag is a purple asterisk with a white outline.

Template:

A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are (7 colours go here). In the centre is a (colour) asterisk with a (colour) outline.

For the second flag, remove the second sentence.

flag ID: A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are dark magenta, magenta, orange, yellow, orange, purple, and dark purple. The 1st and 7th stripes are thin, the 2nd and 6th stripes are thick, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th are regularly sized. In the centre, there is a large yellow circle containing a greyish-yellow silhouette of half a person inside a dark greyish-yellow head silhouette.

Template:

A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are (7 colours go here). The 1st and 7th stripes are thin, the 2nd and 6th stripes are thick, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th are regularly sized. In the centre, there is a large (colour) circle containing a (colour) silhouette of half a person inside a (colour) head silhouette.

flag ID: A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are very light grey, light grey, grey, dark grey, grey, light grey, and very light grey. In the centre is a dark grey symbol made up of a square with a vertical line through it.

Template:

A flag with 7 horizontal stripes. From the top, the colours are (7 colours go here). In the centre is a (colour) symbol made up of a square with a vertical line through it.