Dimillian / Dimillian/IceCubesApp
Feature request: alt text translations
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- Dominant language
- Swift
- Stars
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Description
Right now it is not possible to translate media descriptions (alt texts), and it is also not possible to even copy them to translate in some other app manually.
I believe this is an important accessibility feature that is worth implementing.

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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing how Mastodon media descriptions are displayed and checking the issue's requested translation and copying behaviors; done means media alt text can be translated or copied for translation while preserving the accessibility use case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- swift
- Domain
- accessibility, internationalization, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100