Creating alternative descriptions for understandable media
So often digital media is posted on the web and in formats that are not understandable by many users, especially those who may be deaf, hard-of-hearing, blind, or any other range of sensory problems. Best practices are important to consider and can be viewed at a great resource such as Web Accessibility in Mind, http://www.webaim.org. If you're posting a video, remember the captions or the digital transcript. Looking for some resources that are free or cost? Consider http://www.captionfirst.com/contact.htm or http://dotsub.com/. A recent resource that allows provides ways to add descriptive images to digital talking books can be found from our friends at the National Center on Accessible Media, http://ncam.wgbh.org/publications/stemdx/index.html. Posting images in blogs and on websites also need descriptions and can easily be added through the code or through the program functionality and within an alt tag. Consider the universal appeal of the message you're sharing!