One of the most powerful ways we can improve the accessibility of our website is the creation of alternative text for images. Alternative text, or alt text, is a concise text description conveying the ...

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 ...

This is the second post in our Accessibility Tip series. If you missed the first tip about meaningful link text, I suggest you go review it because that tip is even easier to implement than what we ...

Screen readers can announce alternative text (or alt text) for images to help ensure that all users can have an equivalent experience. When you add an image to a document, it is your responsibility to ...

Accessibility might not be the first thing you think about when you post on IG or TikTok, but it can be a huge help for people with disabilities, and it only takes a few seconds to implement. My title ...

Threads, Meta's Twitter alternative, is here, carrying some Instagram features in tow but really lacking when it comes to others. One of these is alternative text (alt text), a crucial tool for ...

Want to make your social profiles accessible, too? Don't forget about the memes. Credit: Shutterstock / Photo Melon, Antonio Guillem The meme economy rarely falters, and as the impetus for much of our ...

TikTok is rolling out support for ALT text for photo posts to make content more accessible for users with visual and cognitive impairments. The company says creators can now provide descriptive text ...

Adding alt text to an image in a Google Workspace project is getting much easier after an update included the accessibility improvement. Until recently, adding alt text to images was hidden behind a ...

Creating accessible Microsoft Word documents is relatively easy when you know what is required. Word also has a real time accessibility checker that alerts you to errors and provides accessibility ...

Content editors play an important role in ensuring RIT’s online content is accessible. According to the Web Accessibility Initiative, web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are ...

Many of the same tools and principles that make content accessible also boost visibility—when they’re used intentionally.