Twitter rolls out new accessibility feature: Here’s how it works

Twitter is rolling out a new feature which will make the social networking platform more accessible to users. In July this Twitter announced a feature called Alt text reminders which is designed to make the platform more accessible to the users who use screen readers. Until now, the feature was limited to a small group of people and now the company has started its global rollout.
For those unaware, Alternative text or Alt text is a written description of an image which can be picked up by a screen reader software used by visually impared people. With this new feature in place, Twitter users will now have access to the countless images posted daily on the platform.
How to add alt text or image description on Twitter
– On the Twitter app, select the image that you want to share.
– After selecting the image, tap on the +ALT icon at the bottom right corner of the image.
– Type your image description. It is worth noting that image descriptions can be up to 1000 characters long.
– Tap on Done at the top right corner of the screen.
– Share the tweet whenever you are ready.

Recently, a new privacy-centric feature called Circle which limits your tweets to a chosen circle of people on the microblogging platform. A person’s Twitter Circle may have up to 150 members and they need not be followers of that person to be a part of their Circle.
Using this feature, one can send out their tweets to a select group on Twitter first and only people in that group will be able to see and reply to that tweet. If you wish to remove people from your Circle, that can be done also without any notification going to them that they have been removed.