Index: src/services/ActivityPubService.js =================================================================== --- src/services/ActivityPubService.js (revision 43273c9c31fa8a9bd6bb1d527b68b1a63f7aa485) +++ src/services/ActivityPubService.js (revision d18c60e0878b426798d32187e85100a2262f1430) @@ -262,13 +262,18 @@ // An animated cover federates as the muted loop MP4 (→ a Video attachment): animated WebP is // unreliable on Mastodon and its iOS apps; the MP4 plays everywhere. Else the still cover image. - if (post.cover_video_url && !noImages) urls.push(abs(post.cover_video_url)); - else if (post.cover_image_url && !noImages) urls.push(abs(post.cover_image_url)); + // Each entry carries the media URL + its alt text (federated as the AS2 attachment `name`, for a11y). + if (post.cover_video_url && !noImages) urls.push({ url: abs(post.cover_video_url), name: post.cover_alt || '' }); + else if (post.cover_image_url && !noImages) urls.push({ url: abs(post.cover_image_url), name: post.cover_alt || '' }); let body = post.content || ''; // Only federate inline images we can actually serve: absolute http(s) URLs, or our own // /media/ uploads. A relative path we don't host (e.g. a stale /images/... ref) would 404 - // and show up as a black tile in Mastodon's attachment grid. - if (!noImages) for (const m of body.matchAll(/]*\bsrc="([^"]+)"[^>]*>/gi)) { - const src = m[1]; - if (/^https?:\/\//i.test(src) || src.startsWith('/media/')) urls.push(abs(src)); + // and show up as a black tile in Mastodon's attachment grid. Carry the … through + // as the attachment description. + if (!noImages) for (const m of body.matchAll(/]*>/gi)) { + const tag = m[0]; + const src = (tag.match(/\bsrc="([^"]+)"/i) || [])[1]; + if (!src || !(/^https?:\/\//i.test(src) || src.startsWith('/media/'))) continue; + const alt = (tag.match(/\balt="([^"]*)"/i) || [])[1] || ''; + urls.push({ url: abs(src), name: alt }); } body = body.replace(/]*>/gi, ''); @@ -345,9 +350,11 @@ } const seen = new Set(); - const attachment = urls.filter(Boolean) - .filter((u) => { if (seen.has(u)) return false; seen.add(u); return true; }) - .map((u) => { const mt = mediaType(u); // specific AS2 subtype (Image/Audio/Video) over generic Document + const attachment = urls.filter((x) => x && x.url) + .filter((x) => { if (seen.has(x.url)) return false; seen.add(x.url); return true; }) + .map((x) => { const mt = mediaType(x.url); // specific AS2 subtype (Image/Audio/Video) over generic Document const ty = /^image\//i.test(mt) ? 'Image' : /^video\//i.test(mt) ? 'Video' : /^audio\//i.test(mt) ? 'Audio' : 'Document'; - return { type: ty, mediaType: mt, url: u }; }); + const a = { type: ty, mediaType: mt, url: x.url }; + if (x.name) a.name = String(x.name).slice(0, 1500); // alt text / description (AS2 `name`) + return a; }); for (const a of openAudio) attachment.push(a); // fedi_open tracks → native Audio players @@ -385,5 +392,5 @@ if (post.cover_image_url && noImages) { const cov = abs(post.cover_image_url); - if (cov) note.image = { type: 'Image', mediaType: mediaType(cov), url: cov }; + if (cov) { note.image = { type: 'Image', mediaType: mediaType(cov), url: cov }; if (post.cover_alt) note.image.name = String(post.cover_alt).slice(0, 1500); } } // Experiment (mirrors PeerTube / schema.org `embedUrl`): point at the GATED player page Index: src/services/Scheduler.js =================================================================== --- src/services/Scheduler.js (revision 43273c9c31fa8a9bd6bb1d527b68b1a63f7aa485) +++ src/services/Scheduler.js (revision d18c60e0878b426798d32187e85100a2262f1430) @@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ try { const due = db.prepare(` - SELECT p.id, p.site_id, p.slug, p.title, p.content, p.cover_image_url, p.cover_video_url, p.fan_only, p.nsfw, p.content_warning, p.poll_json, + SELECT p.id, p.site_id, p.slug, p.title, p.content, p.cover_image_url, p.cover_video_url, p.cover_alt, p.fan_only, p.nsfw, p.content_warning, p.poll_json, p.published_at, p.publish_at, p.created_at, u.username FROM posts p JOIN users u ON u.id = p.author_id @@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ ActivityPubService.deliverCreate(site, { id: p.id, slug: p.slug, title: p.title || p.slug, - content: p.content, cover_image_url: p.cover_image_url || null, cover_video_url: p.cover_video_url || null, + content: p.content, cover_image_url: p.cover_image_url || null, cover_video_url: p.cover_video_url || null, cover_alt: p.cover_alt, published_at: p.published_at || p.publish_at, created_at: p.created_at, fan_only: p.fan_only, nsfw: p.nsfw, content_warning: p.content_warning, poll_json: p.poll_json, }).catch(() => { /* best-effort */ }); Index: src/services/i18n.js =================================================================== --- src/services/i18n.js (revision 43273c9c31fa8a9bd6bb1d527b68b1a63f7aa485) +++ src/services/i18n.js (revision d18c60e0878b426798d32187e85100a2262f1430) @@ -637,4 +637,6 @@ 'pedit.f_cover_url': 'Cover URL', 'pedit.cover_url_placeholder': '/media/… of https://… (of upload met de knop)', + 'pedit.f_cover_alt': 'Alt-tekst (beschrijving)', + 'pedit.cover_alt_placeholder': 'Beschrijf de afbeelding voor schermlezers', 'pedit.cover_upload_btn': 'Upload nieuwe cover', 'pedit.s_content': 'Content', @@ -1555,4 +1557,6 @@ 'pedit.f_cover_url': 'Cover URL', 'pedit.cover_url_placeholder': '/media/… or https://… (or upload with the button)', + 'pedit.f_cover_alt': 'Alt text (description)', + 'pedit.cover_alt_placeholder': 'Describe the image for screen readers', 'pedit.cover_upload_btn': 'Upload new cover', 'pedit.s_content': 'Content', @@ -2473,4 +2477,6 @@ 'pedit.f_cover_url': 'Titelbild-URL', 'pedit.cover_url_placeholder': '/media/… oder https://… (oder per Schaltfläche hochladen)', + 'pedit.f_cover_alt': 'Alt-Text (Beschreibung)', + 'pedit.cover_alt_placeholder': 'Beschreibe das Bild für Screenreader', 'pedit.cover_upload_btn': 'Neues Titelbild hochladen', 'pedit.s_content': 'Inhalt',