[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT for Some - Image Description Advanced Topics
- From: Nadia Cioffi <cioffi.nadia@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:52:01 -0400
thank you
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Nadia,
>
> I'll do this on-list for anyone else who has been away recently.
>
> Bookshare's DIAGRAM Center is responsible for advancing the accessible
> presentation of graphical information in digital books. About 6 weeks ago
> their experimental tool for inserting image descriptions into Bookshare
> books was released for limited testing. Over time the number of volunteer
> testers and types of books being tested has expanded. Today's note has links
> to some vey detailed image description guidance meant especially for those
> working on science and math books.
>
> Previous notes included the attached job help on image description and the
> URL to online tool itself:
>
> https://diagram.herokuapp.com/daisy_book/upload
>
> Scott Rains
> Bookshare Volunteer Program
>
> From: Nadia Cioffi <cioffi.nadia@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:15:52 -0700
> To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT for Some - Image Description Advanced
> Topics
>
> someone please fill lme I have been gone at MCTC all summer their for not
> being up with the news. I was able to fill in athe reast of the blinks, but
> if someone could fill this one in for me that would be great
>
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 2:03 PM, Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Volunteers,
>>
>> Several of you have taken to the new Bookshare image description tool like
>> fish in water. Thank you. And thank you for your patience as we continue to
>> work out the kinks of delivering larger books and customizing training
>> materials in an environment where improvements are added to the tool every
>> three weeks.
>>
>> We have been offering the following advice as a general approach to
>> approaching an image:
>>
>> The first step is to identify the learning objective behind the graphic
>> you are working on. We had a fascinating illustration of the relevance of
>> this on Wednesday when a volunteer presented the dilemma of exactly the same
>> photo being used two times in the same chapter to make different points:
>>
>> After getting an initial visual grasp of the graphic find the caption or
>> label. (It may be in the body text.)
>>
>> Determine if the caption will be read by AT before or after your image
>> description is read.
>>
>> If before you may skip this step. If after consider inserting the caption,
>> or a paraphrase of it, at the start of your description.
>>
>> Determine how much of the graphic is already described in the text and
>> need not be repeated.
>>
>> Remind yourself of the specific topic of the text at the point where the
>> graphic appears and scan ahead to the next point in the argument. (Section
>> headings can give helpful hints for this step)
>>
>> Identify the purpose of the graphic in the context of the argument being
>> made.
>>
>> Isolate, for description, any data that is essential to the argument and
>> that is available to the reader only through the graphic.
>>
>> Note regarding visual representations of process flows or cycles: Review
>> your description to be certain that what flows logically in a visual context
>> also does so in its purely verbal rendition. Maintain awareness of the
>> memory burden created by the linear presentation of data in a text format
>> where the visual clues of context, accessible with a scan of the eyes, may
>> not be available to refresh the reader's memory.
>>
>> Edit your description for brevity while retaining clarity.
>>
>>
>> The training materials listed below are helpful when tackling some of the
>> toughest books such as science and math textbooks:
>>
>> Archived NCAM image description training:
>> http://ncam.wgbh.org/experience_learn/educational_media/stemdx/training_events
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Archived P2PU Alt Text & Universal Design:
>> http://archive.p2pu.org/webcraft/alt-text-universal-design****
>>
>>
>> Recommended for Non-braille readers, especially sighted people, on
>> rendering math equations:
>>
>> http://www.dotlessbraille.org/NemethIntro.htm
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Nadia Cioffi
> Student at Zeeland East High School
> Primary E-mail: cioffi.nadia@xxxxxxxxx
> Student School E-mail: 20070687@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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Nadia Cioffi
Student at Zeeland East High School
Primary E-mail: cioffi.nadia@xxxxxxxxx
Student School E-mail: 20070687@xxxxxxxxxxx
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