[bksvol-discuss] Re: question on picture captions

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 00:18:10 -0500

Hi, Carrie!

I am leaving them as is (like your description) since I was already halfway 
through this book when I thought to ask, but in this case identifying 
information is immediately before or after the pictures, so my guess is it 
would be okay to at least identify the central character?  In this book I think 
it is actually more confusing to leave names out.

I guess situations may dictate?
Valerie



On May 31, 2010, at 12:06 AM, Carrie Karnos wrote:

> Hi Valerie,
> 
> The convention among people who create image (or audio) descriptions 
> professionally is that until the person is named in the text (or movie), you 
> refer to the person in the picture as "young boy" or "woman" or whatever. 
> That way, you don't give away an information ahead of when it's presented in 
> the text (or movie). Make sense?
> 
> Carrie
> 
> From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sun, May 30, 2010 9:31:46 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question on picture captions
> 
> If you know who is in a picture based on the story, do you identify them by 
> name or do you label them by sex and age like "young boy" or "woman" so that 
> the picture is text independent?
> 
> Often when I am proofing the second is done, but I am inclined instead to 
> name the person. How does everyone feel about this and what are preferences?
> 
> Thanks for your help and input!
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