[Description: Annie with orange hair and glasses, she is smiling, text on the foreground, the symbol for audio descriptions, “AD”]

We might be getting the option to audibly describe our videos on YouTube soon, and be able to make our videos even more accessible to more people! So let's talk about audio descriptions and who they are helpful to and how! Click through to check out the YouTube description where you’ll find some links to where you can find some media with audio descriptions online!

#AudioDescribeYT @jamesrath

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To learn more about them and why they are important, click here.

I can’t always put image descriptions on everything I reblog. Making the Internet Accessible is going to take everyone, working together, to make the Internet Accessible for EVERYONE going forward!

BUT!!!!

If you EVER want an image or post full of images described for you, even if it’s not on this blog*, then ask, anon or otherwise. If my health permits, I will describe it for you.

[Thumbnail: Annie Elainey (me) from the chest up, sitting at her desk, on the foreground there is an image description on the image describing the image itself, it reads "[Image Description: Annie Elainey with short orange hair and black round glasses, she is wearing deep red lipstick and a violet tank top, her bedroom is blurred in the background]"]

Why Do People Use Image Descriptions? [CC]

Image descriptions are an easy way to provide online accessibility for many different groups of people: including blind, visually impaired, color blind, autistic, ADD, dyslexic (images with text), people with low internet connection or memory, etc.. Online accessibility has recently become very important to me as someone who’s recently become conscious of the lack of access. I know how excluded I can feel when a space is physically inaccessible to me, whether it’s a friend’s house, a venue, a restaurant, a bar, anywhere I might not be able to get into because I’m a wheelchair user… it feels awful. For the internet to be inaccessible is just unacceptable because the accommodations are so simple for those able provide them. It’s not right that entire communities of people are excluded from content just because of their disability.

Image Descriptions http://stanford.io/1PVmMze Image Descriptions and How To Write Them http://bit.ly/2083JJB Image Descriptions and ALT TXT http://bit.ly/1SMCamh How To Describe a Person [Sidenote: I don’t think one should assume gender/pronouns or ethnicity, only include it if it’s known, that aside there’s other valid advice in here about how to describe people] http://bit.ly/1rBTkKS

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[Video Thumbnail Description: Annie @annieelainey with wavy pink hair and glasses, she is wearing a black striped shirt and black choker necklace she is smiling, a creme colored wall in the background. Around her are the symbols deaf, captions, blind, and neurodiveristy. At the foreground is white text with black outline and it reads, “#MakeTheInternetAccessible”]

#ICYMI the internet, like most of the world, is catered to people who can see and hear and are neurotypical. Let’s talk about online accessibility! Captions, image descriptions, audio descriptions, transcripts, and inclusive web design! Please share this video with any site or creator (YouTubers, Bloggers, Musicians, Film makers, etc) who you would like to see become a more inclusive online presence!

TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: http://bit.ly/1Sfjet3

Haben Girma’s TEDTalk http://bit.ly/1OvaZMs

How To Caption YouTube Videos (TEXT) http://bit.ly/1tS9WsW How to Adjust Color/Font of Captions (TEXT) http://bit.ly/1oCtST9 How To Contribute YouTube Captions/Subtitles (TEXT) http://bit.ly/1LyF3aC How To Add Image Descriptions (TEXT) http://bit.ly/2083JJB How to Add Transcripts (TEXT) http://bit.ly/1Scq6aA Intro to Accessible Web Design (TEXT) http://bit.ly/1PxbG3w

Links to even more resources including videos by @rikkipoynter and @jamesrath in the YouTube description!

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