Reminders notify you if you’ve forgotten to add alt text.
Share this storyTwitter is expanding a feature that makes images on the platform more accessible to people who use screen readers, the company announced today. Alt text reminders were firstbut were only available to a small group of users. All users globally will be able to turn on reminders this week.
The introduction of alt text reminders is a long time coming — disability activists and allies have lobbied Twitter for more tools around alt text and have asked sighted users to be more consistent with adding alt text to images.
The alt text reminders will be opt-in, meaning users will need to go into their account settings to turn on the prompts, which will sync across devices — you’ll only need to turn them on once. Once reminders are on, users will get pings each time they add an image without alt text, prompting them to go back and add descriptions before posting the tweet.
“We’re not intentionally trying to exclude anyone by making this opt-in. We know that this is a process for people,” Cohen says in response to the feedback. “This is just the first step. We’re going to continue to iterate and learn from this.”
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