[NFB-Braille-Discussion] braille formatting issue

[Brown, Debbie]

I would keep the transcriber's note symbols because if a sighted person were looking at a printed copy of the brochure or a copy on a device without a screen reader, they wouldn't see that image text, so the reader would know that the image text is not visible to a sighted person.  I would prefer "Image" followed by a colon with no brackets, just for ease of reading.

Debbie Brown


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Subject: [NFB-Braille-Discussion] braille formatting issue

All,
If you are transcribing a brochure or lesson that has alt text, my understanding is that it is best to surround that alt text with transcriber's note indicators; however, in the file I received, I see the word "image" in brackets right before the alt text.
Do you think it is best to keep the word "image" and the brackets since it describes that the upcoming text is alt text or would it be better to remove the word and the brackets and just surround the alt text with transcriber's notes?
To reiterate, the word "Image" with the brackets is there to indicate alt text; that is something the designer did; I can keep or remove it.
Which is best?
Thank you.

Paul Ferrara, CPACC, ADS, Certified Braille Transcriber Communications Accessibility Editor, Dot6 American Printing House
1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206 Main 502 895 2396 pferrara at aph.org

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