An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you build web pages or publish content online, you may be familiar with alt text. Alt texts are short captions you can add to images, ...

I’m a lazy tweeter, it’s true. I don’t use the service much, and when I do, I’ll occasionally upload an image with some pithy comment and call it a day. But that’s wrong on my part. I, like you, ...

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Twitter is expanding access to an opt-in feature that is designed to make its platform more accessible for people who use screen readers. The social network is rolling out an image description ...

You are scrolling through a social media feed and see that your friend has shared a poem by a famous writer, their words set against a beautiful photo. You try to read it but the typeface feels ...

Twitter has addressed a long-awaited accessibility fix this week with its new and improved alternative text tools for users with and without disabilities. The rollout hopes to make it more obvious to ...

Users can now add alternative text (alt-text) to images uploaded via iOS and Android Twitter apps. Alt-text allows people who are using assistive technologies like screen readers and alternate ...

Instagram is introducing the ability to add alt text to photos in an effort to make the platform more accessible. Users can add their own custom alt text that can be read by screen readers to assist ...

Giphy is looking to improve accessibility and help more people understand what the platform's GIFs are depicting with the help of alt text descriptions. It has teamed up with a content accessibility ...