TwitterAltText

Surfaces alt-text for images on Twitter

TwitterAltText: Surface alt-text for images on Twitter

TwitterAltText is a Chrome extension that surfaces alt-text for images on Twitter. It addresses the problem of alt-text information being only available through screen-readers, making it difficult for sighted users to access. With TwitterAltText, alt-text is easily viewable, improving the web experience for everyone.
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Extension stats

By: davydm
Users: 1
Version: 0.3 (Last updated: 2021-04-13)
Creation date: 2021-04-13
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 182.27K

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Not available on Firefox
TwitterAltText (v0.3)
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Extension summary

Alt-text makes the web better for everyone, providing a window onto the world otherwise denied to people with vision deficiencies, and enriching the experience for people who can see the image but perhaps lack context.

The point of this extension is to surface alt-text for everyone.

The problem is that alt-text information is currently only surfaced when consuming Twitter through a screen-reader. As a sighted person, it's difficult to tell what alt-text an image has (though an image with alt-text is decorated with an [ALT] overlay, one cannot simply view the alt-text) and not always immediately obvious when an image is missing alt-text, for those who would like help in making the web more inclusive.

This extension is a little experimental, but works. YMMV.

Extension safety

Risk impact

TwitterAltText requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

TwitterAltText has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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