Twitter provided an update on its latest accessibility feature that it revealed last month, and it is with the ALT badge that brings an image description for those that need it. The image description will be coming from those that tweeted the photo, and the audience that needs it may hear what the photo contains for easier access to social media.
Twitter: ALT Badge Now Available, Aiming to Provide Image Descriptions
Twitter announced via its "Accessibility" account that it is bringing the ALT badge feature for everyone to use and edit, providing a text description for the image. Instead of merely an image spreading online, it will have an alternative sensation it can bring to a social media user, instead of mainly focusing on the looks of the eyes.
The social media company said that it spent the last month perfecting the feature for everyone to use, and the company first introduced this feature last March 10. A month later, the feature is now available for access, and it will mostly rely on those that published the photo to provide image descriptions for those that need it.
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As promised, the ALT badge and exposed image descriptions go global today.
— A11y (@XA11y) April 7, 2022
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
How to Setup Twitter's Image Description for ALT Badges
Twitter said that users might easily set up the alternative description on their tweets, and it is accessible below the image, where it has tiny tabs or buttons for tweet controls. Users only need to click "Add Description," and the ALT information will provide a text box where users can freely type whatever they want about the image.
Users can input up to 1,000 words for the description, and clicking on the ALT badge will pop up a screen that shows this text.
Twitter and its New Features
One of the latest features of the short-word social media platform is the "Edit Button" that will allow users to alter their tweets after publishing them to their News Feed for their followers to see. Twitter said that it had been working on this feature for a long time, and it did not come from Elon Musk, the latest entity to join the social media company as a shareholder.
An available feature for iOS is now making its way to the Android app version, and a leaker said that Twitter's "Text Selection" is under work for the Google operating system. Android users, which have a massive existence on the microblogging platform, have been awaiting this feature for years now, especially as iOS owners have it earlier than they do.
Twitter is bringing more features now, and it focuses on accessibility features and other updates that will focus on making the experience better and easier. The ALT badges will help those that need to see more than what meets the eye, especially for those with problems or challenges with their sense of sight.
The update brings the image brighter for all, and it is up to the content creators or publishers to deliver it to them.
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Written by Isaiah Richard
