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From: Jim Allan
Date: Oct 30, 2012 9:19AM

Forward from Diagram Center

Hello all,

A note to let you know that registration is open for the DIAGRAM
Center's next free training webinar, entitled "How to Describe Complex
Images for Accessibility". Bryan Gould will be giving this hour-long
session on Tuesday October 30th at noon Pacific, 3pm Eastern time.
Please promote the session to your networks.

To register follow this link: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/xu2w8081v405


Topics included:

How to write descriptions
STEM description guidelines
Common types of complex images and how to handle them
How to handle illustrations and cartoons
Adding image description to digital media
DIAGRAM tools for making it easy to create image descriptions
Alternatives: Recorded, tactile, haptic, and smart images

You can see the full webinar description and the registration link at
the blog posting here: http://blog.diagramcenter.org/?p=472 I have
tweeted it too, in case you would like to re-tweet to your followers.
https://twitter.com/DIAGRAMC The webinar will be recorded and the
slides will be posted here:
http://diagramcenter.org/standards-and-practices/training.html

Very many thanks to Bryan for doing this session!


Julie Noblitt
Community Manager, DIAGRAM Center
M-F 9am – 1pm Pacific time
Tel: 650-352-1092
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DIAGRAMC
Blog: http://blog.diagramcenter.org/