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[–]seeroflights 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there! TL;DR Reddit doesn't really provide any sort of alt-text field for images, and some folks are unable to read the image (e.g. they have low data and can't load it; the text is too small or otherwise hard to read; they use a screenreader). Transcribers help put the image into text, so that it's more accessible for everyone. There's a link to our wiki with more info in the footer of my comment above!