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Audio Description
My last post focused on alt text, image description for web sites and social media posts. In this post, I will discuss audio description for videos and performances. The Ultimate Guide to Audio Description explains it this way. “Audio description is an audio track that narrates the relevant visual information in media. Audio description assumes […]
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What is Alt Text And Why Is It Important?
On February 18, 2022, the New York Times published an article that explained how blind people learned about images on web pages and in social media posts. The solution is to add brief descriptions to images that can be read aloud by screen readers. For background information, read this post. How do blind people use […]
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The Sound of Tennis
During the last week of January 2022, I read several articles about a system that produced 3D sound tracking the movements of a tennis ball in motion. Action Audio transforms spatial data from the Australian Open’s real time ball monitoring technology into 3D sound. This FAQ explains how the system works. The first item on […]
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Braille is Essential
Braille is a system of raised dots that are grouped into tactile symbols representing letters and numbers. Braille is a proven literacy tool that enriches the lives of blind people. In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly declared that World Braille Day would be celebrated on January 4th, the birthday of the inventor Louis Braille. […]
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2021 in review
2021 was a hybrid year. Much of my work is still being done virtually, but I resumed in-person activities especially after I was vaccinated. The hybrid nature of my work in 2021 reminds me that virtual and in-person activities have different advantages. Virtual conferences give people the flexibility to attend from anywhere. If the platform […]
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