Using alt text to make science Twitter more accessible for people with visual impairments

Scientists increasingly post images and photos on social media to share their research activities. However, posting images and photos could potentially exclude people with visual impairments. Here, we outline actions that should be taken to foster accessibility and inclusion in posting scientific im...

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Autores principales: Chiarella, Domenico, Yarbrough, Justin, Jackson, Christopher A.-L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7670408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33199695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19640-w
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spelling pubmed-76704082020-11-24 Using alt text to make science Twitter more accessible for people with visual impairments Chiarella, Domenico Yarbrough, Justin Jackson, Christopher A.-L. Nat Commun Comment Scientists increasingly post images and photos on social media to share their research activities. However, posting images and photos could potentially exclude people with visual impairments. Here, we outline actions that should be taken to foster accessibility and inclusion in posting scientific images on social media. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7670408/ /pubmed/33199695 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19640-w Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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