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Offline. Used to spread knowledge of alt text to people who tweet about #accessibility. Not affiliated with @gbla11yday Profile pic: Alt badge with GAAD logo

Joined May 2022
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Replying to @GAADBot @Journeywoman
Link styling is inconsistent - through most of the article the links are red, but here the red 'Read more' is not a link and the 'Here are four tips...' text after it *is* a link
Screenshot of an article. There are various links in red (with no underline). After one paragraph, some larger bold text reads "Read more" (in red text) and "Here are four tips to help manage technology when you travel"

ALT Screenshot of an article. There are various links in red (with no underline). After one paragraph, some larger bold text reads "Read more" (in red text) and "Here are four tips to help manage technology when you travel"

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Replying to @GAADBot @Journeywoman
The 'Toggle high contrast' option actually reduces contrast on many important elements, including headline and footer navigation links
Screenshot from a website with the website's high contrast mode toggled on. Background is black and there's an article headline and summary. The headline is a link but is very dark grey so almost invisible.

ALT Screenshot from a website with the website's high contrast mode toggled on. Background is black and there's an article headline and summary. The headline is a link but is very dark grey so almost invisible.

Footer links on a website to various pages such as Subscribe and Contact Us. The baackground is black and the links are very dark grey and nearly invisible.

ALT Footer links on a website to various pages such as Subscribe and Contact Us. The baackground is black and the links are very dark grey and nearly invisible.

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Replying to @HertsArchives
You can! There's an 'Add description' button in the bottom left of the image after you've added it to the tweet
TweetDeck compose sidebar. A stock image has been uploaded and it has an 'Add description' button in the bottom left. The tweet is scheduled to post at a later time.

ALT TweetDeck compose sidebar. A stock image has been uploaded and it has an 'Add description' button in the bottom left. The tweet is scheduled to post at a later time.

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Replying to @Twiggy29b
If you click the '+ALT' icon in the bottom right when you're uploading, the alt text will go into a special property of the image which makes it easier for screen reader users to find it 馃檪 It'll get read out when they focus on the image so they don't have to look in replies
Screenshot of 'add alt text' button on Twitter for iPhone

ALT Screenshot of 'add alt text' button on Twitter for iPhone

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Replying to @Thrive__future @reciteme
Did anyone test it? Here's your homepage with the dark theme from the toolbar selected
Screenshot of thrivefuture.org. An accessibility toolbar is open with a colour scheme dialog open giving options of lots of different background and foreground combinations. A theme with a dark background and light text is selected, but it's made the entire page completely black

ALT Screenshot of thrivefuture.org. An accessibility toolbar is open with a colour scheme dialog open giving options of lots of different background and foreground combinations. A theme with a dark background and light text is selected, but it's made the entire page completely black

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