Accessibility features supported on Twitter

• Overview
• Supported features
• Features not supported
• Best practices specific to Twitter

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Overview

In addition to the general best practices that will help you create accessible social media content, Twitter offers certain features that can make your tweets accessible to more people.

Supported features

• Add alt text to your images and gifs.
• Add captions to your videos on twitter.com by uploading an .srt file. This option is not available when using the iOS or Android apps.
• Captions are also supported on videos made using Media Studio (invitation-only) or another service that allows adding captions, such as Clipomatic, YouTube or Vimeo.
• Automatic captions are available in Spaces. On iOS, speakers need to enable captions.

Features not supported

• Descriptive link text is not supported. All links are shortened using Twitter's link shortening service.

Best practices specific to Twitter

• Thread related tweets for a better user experience and to provide context for people using assistive technology.
• Use a threaded tweet to share a meme description if there isn't enough space in the original tweet.
• Upload videos on the website or create and edit your videos before you upload them to Twitter so you can include captions.
• Check the color contrast on your profile page. Many of the themes do not have enough contrast.