Social visual alt text

Visually show alternative text of social media images

What is Social visual alt text?

Social visual alt text is a user-friendly Chrome extension that provides a clear display of alternative text applied to images on social media platforms. It distinguishes between human-generated and AI-generated alt text. The customization options offer flexibility to users in setting color preferences and choosing which sites to view the alt text on.

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By: Nick DeNardis

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Users: 897 ▲ 11

Rating: 4.25 (12)

Version: 0.7.17 (Last updated: 2024-09-30)

Creation date: 2021-06-16

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

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Size: 22.06K

Email: ni*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 30813 ▲ 121

Other rankings

#635 in Accessibility ▲ 2 #29 in social keyword 38 ▼ 3 #42 in text-to-image keyword 11 ▼ 1 #61 in social media keyword 15 ▲ 1 #182 in media keyword 16 ▼ 3

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Social visual alt text (v0.7.17)

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Extension summary

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View the alt text applied to images without the need to inspect each image or use a screen reader.

It makes the alternate text on social media posts visible to sighted users on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and more. Human generated alt-text is visible on a blue background, AI-generated alt-text has a maroon background and images without alt text (or have non-specific system-generated alt text, "Image", for example) have a red line under the image.

Options allow for customization of each color and which sites view the alt text.

To note: Social media sites may change their HTML structure without notice. This may cause inconsistent results when viewing alt text on some platforms. If you notice inconsistencies, please file a bug report at: https://github.com/nickdenardis/social-visual-alt-text/issues

User reviews

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Pros

Works well for Twitter and LinkedIn.
Helps users see and improve the quality of alt text.
Useful for individuals and organizations focused on accessibility.
Provides insights into how social media managers use alt text.

Cons

Limited functionality on Instagram, particularly for videos and multi-image posts.
The extension doesn't always detect clicks and may not open consistently.
Some users report that it doesn't function properly at all.

Most mentioned

Issues with Instagram functionality.
Positive experiences with Twitter and LinkedIn support.
Alt text visibility and its importance for accessibility.

Recent reviews

After adding it to the Chrome extensions, the icon doesn't detect clicks because of which it doesn't open. Even for Instagram pages. I hope this issue gets resolved.

Jasper Williams, 2024-09-17

[ Very limited use on Instagram ] Two big problems on Instagram: • For videos & multi-image posts, the app just shows the caption in blue as if it's alt-text. • This app does NOT work for checking specific, individual Instagram posts. Regarding the second: I haven't seen any results outside of the main feed, meaning no alt text indicators when I visit a specific user's Instagram page or open individual posts; I'm not sure how to achieve results like those shown in the example Instagram image (with Foxy the whippet). The only way I was able to view my own posts at all was by "saving" the posts & viewing them in the "saved" feed, which does give the blue-or-maroon results –– but again, the blue bars are just replicating captions, not showing alt-text. Still glad to have something for Twitter –– but given that so many Instagram posts are either videos or contain multiple images, I hope this tool eventually works for those other options!