Social Media Accessibility

Facebook

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  1. Don't assume that your audience knows what acronyms mean
  2. Add alt text to photos
  3. Turn on captions for videos
  4. Add captions (as a .srt file)

More Information


Instagram

Instagram logo
  1. Add alt text to images
  2. Add captions to video (via caption encoding)

Note: Instagram captions need to be hard-coded into the video.


Twitter

Twitter logo
  1. Use Camel case for hashtags
  2. Make images accessible
  3. Tweet scheduling: use a scheduling platform that allows you to add Alt text
  4. Consider allowing users to sign-up for email digests.
  5. Add captions to video (as a .srt file)

YouTube

Closed Captioning Support

PlatformClosed captionsCaption formatOpen captions
FacebookYesSRTYes
InstagramNo-Yes
TwitterYesSRTYes
YouTubeYesSRT, WebVTTYes
VimeoYesSRT, WebVTTYes

Hashtags

  1. Capitalise the first letter of each word
    • Better for users who use screenreaders
    • Better for users with dyslexia or cognitive impairments

Good Examples

Bad Examples


  • Voiceover output: "Tweet Number Made Possibleby Melbourne"

  • Voiceover output: "Tweet Number unimelb"