Adding alt to images on screens

[wyverngem]

I'm probably just not seeing this, but in Ren'py can you add "alt' to images on screens?

I know it gets the error when I type this, but in a sense it would be like this;

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add "images/chibis/great.png" alt "Great!"

I want the self-voicing to use "Great" when the images is shown to the player. I'm using an image instead of text because it's part of the gui, but I know it's not being read when I enable my self voicing. Which for me means my brother won't have it read to him.

I've used a work around before by adding a text hidden behind the image that only shows up when the preference is available. However, sometimes it still peaks out and I know that you can use self voicing and still see the screen.

Anyone know if there's a way better way to do this?

[Imperf3kt]

Use an imagebutton and give it an action of NullAction

[philat]

alt appears to be a style property, not ATL. Try adding that? (To be clear, I haven't tested.)

[Imperf3kt]

Yes, "alt" text is what self voicing uses when reading a button, hence why I suggested using an imagebutton and not an image.
I use it a lot myself.

It doesn't sound like wyverngem wants to use ATL.

[philat]

...yeah I know what it does. The point is OP asked for a straight image not a button. I meant that they should try adding it to a style and not like an atl transform property directly in screen language.

[Imperf3kt]

Oh okay I get what you mean now.
Never tried that myself, I always add it as part of a block.

[wyverngem]

...yeah I know what it does. The point is OP asked for a straight image not a button. I meant that they should try adding it to a style and not like an atl transform property directly in screen language.

What does that look like. Otherwise a null image button might be a temp too.

[Imperf3kt]

...yeah I know what it does. The point is OP asked for a straight image not a button. I meant that they should try adding it to a style and not like an atl transform property directly in screen language.

Gave it a try, nothing happens. Also, how do you give multiple images different alts without using a new style each?

Either I was doing it wrong, or it isn't meant to be used like that.
This is how I normally use it:

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            imagebutton:
                auto "gui/buttons/save_%s.png" 
                action ShowMenu("save")
                tooltip "Save your progress"
                alt "save your progress"
                

The documentation appears to support this way of use as it says it is a position style property and can be used the same way as position styles, such as as part of a block, or inline.
Its strange to be in position style properties, but note that it is not in text style properties.

So my suggestion is just:

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screen result():
    imagebutton:
    idle "images/great.png"
    hover "images/great.png"
    action NullAction
    alt "great"
    

[philat]

Like I said it was a suggestion.*shrug* Using an imagebutton seems like a decent workaround if that's all that would work.

[Imperf3kt]

It was a reasonable suggestion. It might work too, but in my testing I wasn't able to get it to do anything. But then again, I'm only a novice, so it's likely I may have made a mistake as well.

[wyverngem]

I’ve been busy working on another project, but the imagebutton will work. I’ve set them up before with action. I don’t see why not with just NullAction.

Thanks guys.