diff --git a/src/helpers/media.ts b/src/helpers/media.ts
index 811de64..24e6b9b 100644
--- a/src/helpers/media.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/media.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export const processMedia = (media: TweetMedia): APIPhoto | APIVideo | null => {
       type: 'photo',
       url: media.media_url_https,
       width: media.original_info.width,
-      height: media.original_info.height
+      height: media.original_info.height,
+      altText: media.ext_alt_text || ''
     };
   } else if (media.type === 'video' || media.type === 'animated_gif') {
     /* Find the variant with the highest bitrate */
diff --git a/src/status.ts b/src/status.ts
index d8c520f..27b6486 100644
--- a/src/status.ts
+++ b/src/status.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ export const handleStatus = async (
         height: 0,
         width: 0,
         url: tweet.media.mosaic.formats.jpeg,
-        type: 'photo'
+        type: 'photo',
+        altText: ''
       };
       /* If mosaic isn't available or the link calls for a specific photo,
          we'll indicate which photo it is out of the total */
diff --git a/src/types/twitterTypes.d.ts b/src/types/twitterTypes.d.ts
index cf01ccc..4560f7d 100644
--- a/src/types/twitterTypes.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/twitterTypes.d.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ type TweetMedia = {
   ext_media_color?: {
     palette?: MediaPlaceholderColor[];
   };
+  ext_alt_text?: string;
   id_str: string;
   indices: [number, number];
   media_key: string;
diff --git a/src/types/types.d.ts b/src/types/types.d.ts
index 89fa5fc..27bad38 100644
--- a/src/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/types.d.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ interface APIPhoto {
   url: string;
   width: number;
   height: number;
+  altText: string;
 }
 
 interface APIMosaicPhoto {
diff --git a/test/index.test.ts b/test/index.test.ts
index 2da6f80..56ea434 100644
--- a/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/index.test.ts
@@ -173,9 +173,11 @@ test('API fetch multi-photo Tweet', async () => {
   expect(photos[0].url).toEqual('https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FA4BaFaXoBUV3di.jpg');
   expect(photos[0].width).toEqual(950);
   expect(photos[0].height).toEqual(620);
+  expect(photos[0].altText).toBeTruthy();
   expect(photos[1].url).toEqual('https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FA4BaUyXEAcAHvK.jpg');
   expect(photos[1].width).toEqual(1386);
   expect(photos[1].height).toEqual(706);
+  expect(photos[1].altText).toBeTruthy();
   expect(tweet.media?.mosaic).toBeTruthy();
   const mosaic = tweet.media?.mosaic as APIMosaicPhoto;
   expect(mosaic.formats?.jpeg).toEqual(