The social media giant announced new features with a post on its Twitter blog account. The platform also gave a long-awaited feature with the new update. The social media platform has not had some accessibility features until now. This situation caused the visually impaired users to not be able to fully understand the visuals. Twitter also brought the Alt Text feature for its users to have a more comfortable experience.
The high number of characters in the Alt Text feature drew attention. So, what are the details of the feature and how much has the number of characters increased? Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
Twitter ALT will support 1000 characters!
According to the post he made on his Twitter blog, he adds Alt Text (ALT) to his photo posts to reach more people. In addition, the number of characters in the ALT feature increases to 1000. The fact that the number of characters in normal tweets is 280 brings to mind the thought that the ALT feature can be abused.
To use the Twitter Alt Text feature, simply follow these steps:
Create Tweet> Add Photo>+Click Alt Button>Done
Twitter actually allows annotating photo posts since 2016. However, it was not preferred much because it was not in sight and the character limit was low. The feature is expected to be used more with its new update and increased character limit.
What do you, our readers, think about this issue? How do you think Twitter’s new Alt Text (ALT) feature and character limit can be abused? You can express your thoughts in the comments section or on the SDN Forum.
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