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
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GAAD Bot retweeted
It's the @UN's International Day of Persons with Disabilities tomorrow. If you've scheduled a post, do your images have alt text to make them accessible to disabled people who use screen reader software?
Here's how to add alt text with some popular scheduling tools (thread)
GAAD Bot retweeted
We’ve been talking about it.
You’ve been asking for it.
We’ve been working on it.
Today, we launched it: the image description reminder!
It’s live to 10% of global Twitter across Android, iOS, and Web. 🧵 (1 of 6)
ALT Screenshot of the image description reminder modal. The text says: Don’t forget to make your image accessible. Good image descriptions are concise yet detailed. Be sure to summarize or write out any text in the image itself. Your description makes Twitter accessible to people with disabilities, and everyone who wants more context. You can turn off this reminder in Accessibility Settings. The first button says Add descriptions. The second button says Not this time.
GAAD Bot retweeted
I've tweaked @GAADBot's messaging slightly. A few people whose tweets it picked up felt like it was a call-out/'gotcha' rather than an attempt to be helpful (including some disabled people who were tweeting about other aspects of #accessibility such as building access)
🤖 Hi Matt Eason! It looks like you're interested in accessibility. If you add alt text to your images, they'll be accessible to blind, partially sighted and neurodivergent people who use screen reader software.
How to add alt text & FAQs: xitter.gq/GAADBot/status/1531211…
GAAD Bot retweeted
Now that #GAAD is over, should I pass the time until the next one finding tweets that use the #accessibility/#a11y hashtags without alt text?
93%Yes, good idea!
7%No, terrible idea!
15 votes • Final results GAAD Bot retweeted
If you think @GAADBot is being "rude" by quote-tweeting you - as someone who just DMed me did:
1) bots can't send unsolicited replies, @-mentions or DMs, or they risk being shut down. QTs are all I have.
2) please channel that energy into improving how you do things... (1/2)