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How to Make Accessible Social Media Posts
Sina Bahram President, Prime Access Consulting @SinaBahram
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A Call to Action Don’t just talk about accessibility on social media, use social media accessibly @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Adding Image Descriptions
Facebook Posting an image In the body of the post (Say something about this photo…) Uploading an album In edit mode, in the caption field for each photo (Add a description…) This isn’t just for photographs! Describe gifs and images of text as well. @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Auto Captions Facebook Facebook has started auto- labeling images using computer vision THIS DOES NOT REPLACE VISUAL DESCRIPTION @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Guidelines Facebook Selfie of Peter and Charlene smiling wide in sunglasses, posing on a sandy cliff in San Diego overlooking the ocean @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Video Accessibility Facebook Uploading a video Attach SRT file (hover over the uploaded video and select options -> edit this video -> upload SRT file) Make sure that videos you link to are captioned and audio described @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Automatic Video Captioning
Facebook On Facebook pages (for example, for an organization or public individual), Facebook will now automatically generate transcript captions for uploaded videos, which you should then review and edit. @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Automatic Video Captioning
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Enabling Image Accessibility
Twitter Select Settings Select Display and Sound (iOS/Android) Select Accessibility Enable ”compose image descriptions” by activating either the check box or the slider beside the option @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Adding Image Descriptions
Twitter Click the tweet icon to compose tweet, then attach photo App: On the image, tap Add Description to insert descriptive text Web: Click the thumbnail to open the thumbnail preview dialogue Type the image description and select Apply. You can tap the description again to edit it prior to posting the tweet @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Note on Third Party Clients
Twitter Some third party clients support image descriptions, too Shoutout to Twitterific! @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Notes Twitter The limit for a description is 420 characters. You can add a description to each image in a Tweet. Image descriptions cannot be added to GIFs or videos. @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Detailed How-Tos Facebook Image auto captioning: Manual video captioning: Auto video captioning: Twitter @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Reach Everyone Always provide descriptions
On Facebook, use captions in albums and image descriptions in posts On Twitter, add image descriptions Use actual text instead of pictures of text Use #a11y hashtag for help about accessibility Social media is a valuable platform for outreach and digital engagement, especially for those with disabilities Reach Everyone @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Photo Credits Facebook Auto Captions for Images: /facebook-automatic-alt-tags-blind- visually-impared Facebook Auto Captions for Video: ook-video-captions/ @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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Contact Personal Website: Blog: blog.SinaBahram.com Prime Access Consulting: @SinaBahram - #a11y - #MW17-Si
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