Twitter said it was working on adding transcription to voice tweets to create the functionality it offers started testing in the summer, more accessible. It did so after many criticized the social media platform for failing to address all of the needs before it was released.
"We're making more of you voice tweets on iOS so we can keep learning how people use audio," he said Company said in a Tuesday tweet. "Since we launched the feature in June, we've taken your feedback seriously and are working on making transcriptions available to make voice tweets more accessible."
There are more voice tweets from you on iOS so we can keep learning about how users use audio.
Since launching the feature in June, we've taken your feedback seriously and are working to make transcriptions available to make voice tweets more accessible. (1/2)
- Twitter support (@TwitterSupport) 29th September 2020
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When Twitter first launched voice tweets, many went on the platform to voice their concerns about the company not making the feature accessible to people with disabilities.
"We're sorry to test unsupported voice tweets for people with visual impairment, deafness or hearing loss," he said Company tweeted in June. "It was a failure to introduce this experiment without this support. Accessibility shouldn't be an afterthought."
At the time, Twitter added that it had "fixed several accessibility-related issues, including identifying voice tweets on the timeline and improving accessibility for the voice tweet experience." The company also mentioned at the time that it was looking for ways to support manual and automatic transcriptions.
In one Released earlier this month Kayvon Beykpour, Product Director at Twitter, and Dalana Brand, Director of Inclusion and Diversity, wrote, "Testing voice tweets earlier this summer made us realize how much work we still have to do as a company, and we made a commitment To make Twitter more inclusive for businesses, the disabled community - create a dedicated team focused on better accessibility, tools, and advocacy for all of our products. "
Twitter isn't the only company working to improve the accessibility of its products and offerings. More and more major technology brands are adopting accessibility features as organizations and advocates point out the need for better technology accessibility. The coronavirus pandemic has also underscored the urgency of disabled accommodation as more and more people rely on online interactions for everyday tasks.
