Every day I receive anywhere from five to 10 LinkedIn invitations to connect.
Almost 90 percent of the time, the invitation includes the default invitation message subject line:
Deborah, please add me to your LinkedIn network
And my immediate response is:
Hey, Who are you? Where did we meet? Are you active in the communities I’m in?
From talking with my friends and colleagues, I’m not alone with that response. Continue reading Why I Didn’t Accept Your LinkedIn Connection Request
Note: as of late August 2019, LinkedIn may automatically add alt text to images. Check their alt text online help for more details.
Yesterday, I had a chat about alternative text for images with my Twitter colleague Stanford Griffin.
He asked about managing alternative text for images in Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Hey, my #a11y friends. How do you handle #alttext in #socialmedia? #Twitter is easy (Thank you @TwitterA11y), but what about for #Facebook, #Instagram, and #LinkedIn? I’ve just been writing in a description at the bottom of each post. #accessbility
— Stanford Griffith (@StanfordAlan) February 26, 2019
We talked about how Buffer and Hootsuite offered support for alternative text for images in Twitter.
We spoke about adding alternative text for images in Instagram.
And then we started talking about LinkedIn’s alternative text for images.
Similar to Facebook who added alternative text last year, LinkedIn added the alternative text feature but didn’t announce it.
I don’t understand why neither social media company didn’t announce the highly requested feature to their users.
Which reminded me, I’ve been putting off publishing a tutorial about LinkedIn’s alternative text. Here it is! Continue reading How to Add Alternative Text to LinkedIn Images
When I chatted about accessibility with other attendees at WordCamp Denver 2018 this weekend, I shared some of my tips and blog posts on how they could improve accessibility on their websites.
After one conversation, they thanked me for the recommendations, and asked if I had a summary post that covered all the tips.
Thanks for all the info, Deborah. Appreciate your help. I know I have some work to do on my site.
Do you have a summary post with all the tips you just shared with me?
No, I replied. But that’s a good idea. I’ll publish a summary blog post in the next week. Continue reading 10 Ways to Improve Accessibility on Websites and Social Media