In 2020, >x< created a team dedicated to making the >x< app accessible to people with disabilities. While the work to increase accessibility continues, below is a list of the accessibility features of >x<. This list is updated quarterly and includes features that could be considered usability best practices.
What we've done
Image descriptions (alt text)
- Available for still media and GIFs
- Available to everyone, not just assistive technology
- Image description reminder
- ALT badge
Captions
- Upload caption (.srt) files
- Automatic captions (provided by Microsoft) for:
- >x< Spaces
- Voice posts
High-contrast buttons
Left-aligned text
White background
Social narrative for >x< Spaces
Reader - >x< Premium feature
Accessible content labels
Accessibility hints for assistive technology
Keyboard shortcuts
Settings
- Web
- High contrast mode
- Reduce motion
- Video autoplay on/off
- Font size customization
- Dark / Dim modes
- Display color customization
- iOS
- Pronounce # as hashtag
- Include username in Timeline option
- Read shortened URLs option
- Magic Tap action to compose post
- High contrast mode
- Video autoplay on/off
- Open links in Reader view
- Font size customization
- Dark / Dim modes
- Media preview
- Sound effects
- Android
- Pronounce # as hashtag
- Reduce motion
- Video autoplay on/off
- Media preview
- Dark / Dim modes
- Sound effects
- Font size customization
What Post authors can do
Write great image descriptions.
Write in sentence case (instead of all caps or all lowercase).
Write hashtags in camel case (ThisIsCamelCase. Thisisnot.)
Break up large blocks of text with line breaks.
Don't repeat the same emoji more than 2-3 times, and place them at the end of a sentence.
Avoid using emoji in your display name.
Upload a caption file with videos to ensure high-quality, correct captions.
Avoid special characters. If posting ASCII art, post an image of the art and write an image description of it.