A guide to writing accessible image captions
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Feb 24 2022 at 10:30 AM GMT
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- EXAMPLE: "A dimly lit photo of a hand holding an iPhone.
- There is a brightly lit blue and white screen behind the phone showing The Twitter Logo while they scroll.
- ALTERNATIVE: "A person scrolls through the verified Twitter account.
- Alt text descriptions are really contextual, and they're kind of an evolving art for individual social media users — part of a process of figuring out what is actually helpful for you, your followers, and the general public.
- It's OK to try out descriptions and fail (or realize that your alt text could be improved).
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- Published Feb 24, 2022 10:30 AM GMT