January 2013 DIAGRAM Training Update

DIAGRAM Training Webinar a Resounding Success

Bryan Gould, Geoff Freed, and Lucia Hasty drew almost 100 registrants for their webinar this month entitled, “Accessible Images: From Creation to End User.” Participants got fresh, well-presented information that included topics such as

• tactile diagrams overview
• decision process for whether to create a tactile diagram or describe an image
• how to create image descriptions
• how end users navigate image descriptions and what they sound like
• demonstration of DTB readers such as Read2Go (iOS) and discussion of DTB authoring tool options
• discussion of which devices can read image descriptions, including the gh player
• updates on DIAGRAM at CSUN

Comments from satisfied participants:

“Very informative and cutting edge information.  We need more of this.”

“I and several of my alt text writers and reviewers attended. It was particularly helpful to get a short overview of the JAWS reader. It adds a perspective that writers don’t often get. Thanks.”

To see the slides from that webinar, and all past webinars in the series, visit our Training Resources page.  A captioned recording will also be posted soon. The next DIAGRAM training webinar will be held in April 2013. Watch this space for further information.