Part 3. Alternative Text for Images: Buffer Announces Support for Extension

Alternative text for images: what about Buffer and Hootsuite?

This is my third post about alternative text for Buffer and Hootsuite.

And this time, I have great news to share!

Yesterday, Emily Plummer, engineer at Buffer, tweeted that the Buffer extension now supports alternative text for images.

Hurrah!

She followed up with a tweet that alternative text for images will soon be available in the Buffer Dashboard. Continue reading Part 3. Alternative Text for Images: Buffer Announces Support for Extension

Part 2. Alternative Text for Images: What About Buffer and Hootsuite?

Alternative text for images: what about Buffer and Hootsuite?

When I wrote about alternative text for images in Buffer and Hootsuite in November 2016, I shared good news about Buffer’s plans to move forward.

As well as not-so-good news about Hootsuite and their lack of any plan.

If you recall, the reason for my post was Twitter’s March 2016 announcement that they now supported alternative text for images.

Like many other Twitter users, I was thrilled. And shared my excitement with my post, 15 things I discovered about Twitter’s alternative text.

So what’s the latest news about Buffer and Hootsuite’s support for alternative text?

Read on for the latest updates, as of early July 2017.Continue reading Part 2. Alternative Text for Images: What About Buffer and Hootsuite?

Takeaways from How Learning American Sign Language Improved My Alt Text

Thanks to Accessibility New York City (A11y NYC) livestreaming their January 2017 meetup last night, I was able to attend Shawn Lauriat’s presentation How Learning American Sign Language (ASL) Improved My Alt Text.

Before Lauriat began his presentation, he introduced himself as one of the co-organizers for the A11y NYC meetup group and spoke about his job at Google, working on accessibility for Google Docs and Drive (sounds cool to me!).

I smiled and nodded my head when he said: Continue reading Takeaways from How Learning American Sign Language Improved My Alt Text