[NABS-L] Accessibility of Comic Books

[Melissa Sprouse]

Hi,


I've been wanting to read comics for a pretty long time now, but am unable
to due to the fact that they are not accessible. I am incredibly glad to
know there is someone who is willing to go the extra mile to ensure comics
become accessible to us, as well. From what I understand, comics are
comprised of images depicting what's going on, and when the characters are
speaking the dialog is written in a graphical format. But, and please
correct me if I'm wrong about this, comics are just another form of
storytelling or scripts written for shows and movies, so perhaps the way to
start making comics more accessible for the blind would be to add image
descriptions to the action that's going on, while turning the dialog into a
text format that screen readers can understand and relay.


Melissa




On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 10:18 PM Stacie Leap via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello everybody.
> I am currently an intern for a company and we were on the discussion of
> comic books and its accessibility for blind people. I am not a fan of comic
> books even when I had sight so I am not really knowledgeable about the
> topic. Does anybody on this listserv read comic books? Is it accessible?
> If you do not read comic books, is it because of it not being accessible?
> What would or should accessible look like when it comes to comic books?
>
> One of the projects of the company, 3S Tech and Talent, LLC., is a comic
> book. The CEO is interested in making it accessible for those who are blind
> but (a) do not know if there was already a means to make comic books
> accessible and (b) if it is not, would blind people be interested in
> reading comic books if it is accessible?
>
> She is willing to go through her entire comic book and alt text the frames
> but she does not want to do it if there is no interest.
> The CEO of the company, Latoya Smith,is copied on this email if you wish to
> contact her directly but her email is info at 3stechnologiesllc.com.
> . Any feedback is appreciated.
> *Thanks!*
> *Stacie Leap, CPE, CPS*
> stacie.leap at gmail.com | 215.776.6741
>
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