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From: Gregg Nakamura
Date: Jan 24, 2019 11:48AM

Abby,

While I don't have any first hand implementation experience with accessible
comics, I do remember this really good #ID24 talk called,
appropriately, "Accessible
Comics!!! <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQcOV0dZew>" by Cordelia
McGee-Tubb. Cordelia discusses several techniques and provides code
examples as well.

Personally, I found this to be an eye-opening talk as it made me rethink
how I use alternate text in general now.

Hopefully this will be of some assistance to you.

Regards,
Gregg

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 11:12 AM Jim Allan < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> its old but very well done. From the BBC via Archive.org
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/20110209154929/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/play/vegetables/the-vegetables-ready-willing-and-able.shtml
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 9:31 AM Abby Kingman < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> > Sort of a tangential question, I hope it's ok to post here...
> >
> > We are starting to post a comic strip in our company newsletter that is
> > sent electronically, and also putting it in our twitter feed.
> > Fundamentally, it seems like the alt text for the comics just needs to
> tell
> > the story about what is happening in the panels. I'd like for the artist
> to
> > provide the alt text since he knows best what he is conveying. I thought
> it
> > might be helpful to provide him with examples of online comics that have
> > good alt text, but as I am not a comic reader I don't have anything to
> > refer to. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated!
> >
> > Side note - When I did a google search for "alt text for comics" a lot of
> > the results that came up were for posts that had poor information about
> how
> > to hide "easter eggs" or jokes in the alt text. These posts were more
> than
> > a few years old so hopefully the posters have moved on from that idea.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > --
> > Abby Kingman
> > Last Call Media
> > > > > > > > > >
>
>
> --
> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
> voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9452 http://www.tsbvi.edu/
> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
> > > > >