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From: Karen McCall
Date: Jul 26, 2022 6:14AM

Morning Everyone!

Two recent additions to ISO standards. For the Alt Text/Text Alternative, there is a twin document that is free from ITU. All links are provided:

ISO Alternative Text:
ISO/IEC 20071-11:2019 - Information technology - User interface component accessibility - Part 11: Guidance on text alternatives for images (ansi.org)<https://webstore.ansi.org/Standards/ISO/ISOIEC20071112019#:~:text=ISO%2FIEC%2020071-11%3A2019%20Information%20technology%20-%20User%20interface%20component,and%20what%20information%20to%20put%20in%20text%20alternatives.>

ITU twin document (free direct download)
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p¦70bc38ac8393228a65ebda74393998e83ef6248cb9e0eb3f4fcffdd624608aJmltdHM9MTY1ODgzNzMzOSZpZ3VpZD1jMjI4YjIxZC03ZDZkLTRiNzgtYjUwNy0zMGNlZGJhOTQ2YWEmaW5zaWQ9NTE2NA&ptn=3&fclidºe7fbab-0cdb-11ed-afaf-df43c0b74c48&u¡aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaXR1LmludC9yZWMvZG9sb2dpbl9wdWIuYXNwP2xhbmc9ZSZpZD1ULVJFQy1ULjcwMS4xMS0yMDIwMDktSSEhUERGLUUmdHlwZT1pdGVtcw&ntb=1

There is also an ISO/ITU standard/guidance on captioning and when I find the link(s), I'll send them.

Cheers, Karen