As a blind person who has had dreams of doing astronomy since I was 6 ... thank you to whoever not only remembered to write alt text for this -- but did so in such a beautiful way. I'll likely never know who you are. But you touched my heart this day, alt-text writer. 💜

@FrankElavsky 👋 The alt text on the recent NASA Webb Telescope first images posts were written by a small team at STScI, including myself and Timothy Rhue II. It was a collaboration between SMEs, scientists who focus on outreach, education specialists, and professional science writers.

Very proud of the STSCI folks that wrote these descriptions and have been working with us on all sorts of accessibility and inclusive design.

I got a chance to speak with Theresa Vargas from the The Washington Post yesterday about the alt-text that @mwcarruthers, Kelly Lepo - @[email protected], and I along with others created for the first images from NASA Webb Telescope Space Telescope Science Institute. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…

I'd like to say to folks who found my personal twitter, thanks to Sina Bahram and Prime Access Consulting for their work, past and future, helping us improve our text description game (and lots of other accessibility stuff!)

I was on Morning Edition today for Space Telescope Science Institute and the importance of alt-text! That's as big as it gets in my book. How do they make me not hate the sound of my own voice?! npr.org/2022/07/22/111…

Another cool article about NASA Webb Telescope Space Telescope Science Institute alt-text! I don't claim to be a scientist, but we had some great ones on the team like Kelly Lepo - @[email protected].

Time to warm up the twittering. I'll be off to #ASTC2022 next week! I'm actually excited about this conference being in person. Let me know if you're going to be there and we can meet up!

Made it to Pittsburgh for #ASTC2022. What's up with the fireworks show outside my window right now?

#ASTC2022 has started! Intro in progress, about to get into the keynote. Join the What's Next? session at 1:00 to continue the discussion on small groups.

We will be chatting about the keynote sessions in 306/307. the conversation is up to you! Come join us to figure out "What's Next?" #ASTC2022

Day 2! #ASTC2022 Twitter seems pretty quiet. Probably cause there isn't much to complain about ;). Been some great conversations. Astronomy, accessibility, community partnerships, and more for me!

I'm seeing lots of great pictures from #ASTC2022. Can folks add in some alt text descriptions? Bad descriptions are better than no descriptions!

I loved the hands on science session at #ASTC2022. Museums around the country giving back to the Pittsburgh community with science demos for kids out on a bridge that we closed down.

The Eagle Nebula offers views of a stellar nursery in multiple wavelengths, allowing us to see both the dense cocoons of dust and the stars forming within. ➡️ Slide through the different wavelengths in this new interactive tool: viewspace.org/interactives/u…