10 Things to Know About Twitter’s Alternative Text for Images

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When Twitter announced alternative text for images in early 2016, the web accessibility community was abuzz with conversations.

The long-awaited option, providing the option to add alternative text to images, was greeted with loud approval from Twitter users looking for better web accessibility for the popular social media channel.

I know, I was one of them!

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DeafBlind Awareness Week 2022: Get Involved

Wording at top of poster: The Deafblind community has learned to shift their perspective. Have you? A black and white photo with light blue background, with diverse group of two dozen people of different ethnicities, ages, genders, and styles of clothing. A few people are in color including a young woman in front with her guide dog, a man holding a white cane, and a man wearing headphones.

This week kicks off DeafBlind Awareness Week, an annual event to raise awareness for and celebrate the achievements of people living with sight and hearing loss.

Held the last week of June, DeafBlind Awareness Week commemorates the birthday of Helen Keller, born on June 27.

This year’s event is June 26, 2022 through July 2, 2022.

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June 10, 2022 Weekly Roundup of Web Design and Development News

In this week’s web design and development news roundup, you’ll learn about automating recruitment for user research panels, find out how to configure settings on your WordPress site, discover a fun Tic Tac Toe game designed in HTML and CSS, and more.

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