# Everyday Accessibility

DevFeed: [Everyday Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/everyday-accessibility-9382.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://a11yproject.com/posts/everyday-accessibility/>)

Author: Michele A Williams; PhD

Published: 2021-06-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The A11Y Project](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-a11y-project.md>)

Topics: [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>), [alt text](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/alt-text.md>)

Tags: [accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/accessibility.md>), [alt-text](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alt-text.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [readability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/readability.md>), [social-media](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-media.md>), [speech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speech.md>), [text-to-speech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/text-to-speech.md>), [writing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/writing.md>)

## AI overview

This practical accessibility article explains how to make social media, digital, and multimedia content more inclusive. It recommends capitalizing words in hashtags, providing written text alongside images of text, adding concise alt text to images, limiting disruptive emoji use, and using built-in document styling features so assistive technologies can interpret content correctly.

## Source excerpt

Even with the best of intentions, you may be making decisions that exclude disabled users. Below are practical, intentional steps you can start today to create and share more accessible social media, digital, and multimedia content. Watch this post as a video Social Media Posts Social media is central to the world's conversations, so ensure you're not leaving anyone out. Use capital letters in hashtags Punctuation helps text-to-speech tools like screen readers speak more accurately, and helps with readability overall. This includes in hashtags, where capital letters help distinguish words. Key Point: Make it a habit to #UseCapitalLetters rather than #hardtoreadlowercase. Don't share just images of text Images of text (such as your favorite quote or saying) can be difficult for people with visual impairments to read and don't allow people with reading difficulties to leverage text-to-speech read-aloud features. When posting these kinds of images, also write out the text in your post. Key Point: Typing out the text in an image makes the content more accessible. Use "alt text" features to describe images Pictures are significant in social media, but also inaccessible to visually impaired readers unless they have a text-based description. When uploading, find the "image description" or "alternative/alt text" feature in the software to write a description. For sample instructions, review Alt Text for Social Media. When adding descriptions, don't write every detail, just enough to ensure everyone can understand your post and share in the image's meaning. For examples, read Scott Vinkle's Considerations when writing alt text. Key Point: Features like Twitter's "Add description" allow adding "alt text" for visually impaired readers. Limit your emojis Emojis are great for emphasis and playfulness, but adding too many sounds cluttered with text-to-speech software. Also, when placed unconventionally (such as throughout a sentence) this is distracting and hard to read for those