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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.

Adding Alt Text to Twitter Images is officially rolled out for the Buffer Extension! 💕 Will be available in our Dashboard soon!

— 🌸🌻🌸 (@emplums) November 14, 2017

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

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?

When Twitter announced in March 2016 that they were supporting alternative text for images, Twitter users celebrated the news.

With the release of alternative text for images, visual content on Twitter was more accessible to people who are visually impaired or blind.

I was thrilled to share the news about Twitter’s alternative text for images.

At the end of my post, I commented that third-party apps wouldn’t be far behind in providing alternative text support. Continue reading Alternative Text for Images: What About Buffer and Hootsuite?