Alt Text Util

A Twitter bot which exposes a number of utilities around alt text

Public Commands

Tag the bot in a tweet, quote tweet, or reply with one of these commands

OCR or extract text

Performs Optical Character Recognition on any images it finds, replying with the result in alt text of re-uploaded images.

save

Saves alt text on any images it finds to the alt-text.org library.

analyze links

Checks the websites of any links found for their usage of alt text.

explain

Replies with a quick explanation of what alt text is and how to add it.

Private Commands

Direct message the bot with one of these commands

fetch

Search the alt-text.org library for alt text for a tweet if you include a link or an image if you include one.

OCR or extract text

Perform Optical Character Recognition on images from a tweet if you include a link or an image if you include one.

check

Include a link to a tweet, a username, or a link to a user's profile to get an analysis of alt text usage.

help

Get a text version of these instructions

How Does The Bot Choose Which Image(s) to OCR?

When you tag the bot to OCR an image, it first has to choose which image to analyze. It looks:

1. On the tweet with the command
2. On any tweet quoted in that tweet
3. On the tweet being replied to
4. On any tweet quoted in the tweet being replied to