We have made our feelings clear about the edit button, which is apparently in the works. Simple accessibility features are a good thing.
For a while now, it's easy to add alt text to an image, allowing people who use screen readers or speech-to-text programs to get a description of the image. If you wanted to make sure that the content that you share is legit, you have to use a screen reader, but until now, you haven't been able to see what images do or do not have alt text.
The alt text feature was successfully tested last month. The badges will be in the corner of the image. You can see the user-generated image description when you hover over the badge.
As promised, the ALT badge and exposed image descriptions go global today.
Over the past month, we fixed bugs and gathered feedback from the limited release group. We're ready. You're ready. Let's describe our images! Here's how: https://t.co/bkJmhRpZPg https://t.co/ep1ireBJGt
— Twitter Accessibility (@TwitterA11y) April 7, 2022
Social media users who don't have disabilities don't think about how their posting habits can affect disabled users.
The feature makes the presence of alt text more apparent, which is a step in the right direction, according to social media accessibility expert.
It makes it clear who is writing alt text and who isn't. She said that the feature is a great learning tool for anyone who wants to get better at writing alt text.
All users will be able to use these new features today. It is a good time to learn why and how you should be writing alt text.
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