To provide easier access to disabled people, particularly
those who have a vision impairment, Twitter introduces a new feature that
allows users to add text description to the images they upload.
This feature can be accessed via Twitter app on iOS and
Android to enable the "Compose image descriptions" in the
accessibility setting. Afterward, every time you upload images to Twitter, you
will see the "Add description" button in the compose window.
So in addition to write a comment as usual, you can add a
description of the uploaded image (can be up to 420 characters). Twitter users
who have impaired vision can then access the text description with the aid of
assistive technology kinds of text-to-speech screen reader or Braille display.
Furthermore, Twitter also integrates this feature into its
API that can be accessed via special clients like EasyChirp, Chicken Nugget and
The Qube, which are specifically designed for users with impaired vision.
This update is intended that all users won't miss the latest
news updates that are shared through Twitter. As we know, Twitter is utilized
as a source of information that are shared through texts and photos by the
community.