[bksvol-discuss] Re: Full Inclusion: Image Description Protocols in 360 Degree Review
- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 14:35:18 -0700
Judy, thank you for this explanation, but could someone give me a real live
example? I suppose that the comparison would be like "sidebars" that appear in
books that use a phrase already given in the body of the text. But what sort
of image would be employed in a book?
Lori
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From: Judy s.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Full Inclusion: Image Description Protocols in
360 Degree Review
I believe the image descriptions Scott is talking about are for NIMAC sourced
textbooks. smile. So they're looking for descriptions for a totally different
purpose, to make sure that information that's contained in the image and not in
the text, is available to the student, and the description guidelines are
related to that.
A lot of the images that are in the textbooks are just there to make a page
of text 'prettier' to a sighted viewer, and aren't even really related to the
text. It's sort of like adding a parsley garnish to a plate of food. The
parsley isn't intended for eating and doesn't add anything to the flavor, size,
texture or smell of the meal. It's totally optional and just there to draw a
sighted person's eye to the plate and give a visual cue that sighted diners may
find pleasant. smile.
Judy s.
Susan Lumpkin wrote:
Hi Lori,
I surely do hope you're incorrect because, if so, several of us, both
sighted and blind, have spent a great deal of time either describing or editing
descriptions of pictures in detail in such things as figures in a history book
or landscapes in a nonfiction work or especially pictures in Children's books!
Susan
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