An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link If you build web pages or publish content online, you may be familiar with alt text. Alt texts are short captions you can add to images, ...

People have beenTweeting images with alt text since March, complete with the alt badge and exposed image descriptions. Now, Twitter is taking things a step further. Starting today, you’re going to ...

Twitter has had the ability to add alt text to your images for years, but if you don’t use a screen reader, you probably weren’t able to read what anybody else’s alt text says. Recently, though, the ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is features writer with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who ...

Instagram is introducing the ability to add alt text to photos in an effort to make the platform more accessible. Users can add their own custom alt text that can be read by screen readers to assist ...

Giphy is looking to improve accessibility and help more people understand what the platform's GIFs are depicting with the help of alt text descriptions. It has teamed up with a content accessibility ...