Twitter Updates Different Textual content Descriptions with New On-Picture Badge and Expandable Captions

Twitter is testing some upgrades to its image alt-text descriptions for vision-impaired customers, with a brand new ‘ALT’ badge being added to photographs the place different textual content descriptions can be found, and an expanded description window to make them extra accessible.

As you possibly can see right here, the brand new possibility will put extra particular deal with alt-text information, with a mini-window opening up while you faucet the ‘ALT’ indicator, outlining the extra element.

For context, it’s attainable to display Twitter’s alt-text descriptions in-stream now, however not in any devoted, stylized format.

The up to date show would make alt-text descriptions a lot simpler to make use of, and would doubtless enhance their worth to extra customers, whereas additionally enhancing common accessibility.

Twitter’s supplied alt-text on photographs since 2016, whereas it’s additionally been working to make it easier for users to add in text descriptions to enhance entry for all customers.

These upgrades have been a part of the platform’s broader accessibility efforts, which have additionally included auto captions on videos and improvements to in-app layouts and fonts, consistent with accessibility finest practices.

Upgraded alt-text can be one other welcome addition – although it’s solely in testing at this stage.

Twitter says that it’s launching the brand new options to three% of Twitter throughout Android, iOS, and Net. Twitter will assess the outcomes of this preliminary check pool, earlier than deciding on a broader roll-out of the replace, doubtless in April.