Creative Data Visualization for Beginners
Alternative Text for Accessibility
A course by Gabrielle Merite , Information Designer
About the video: Alternative Text for Accessibility
Overview
“Alternative text is one of the ways to make your work accessible to a wider audience. In this lesson, I will show you the process I use to write it.”
In this video lesson Gabrielle Merite addresses the topic: Alternative Text for Accessibility , which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Data Visualization for Beginners. Learn to create captivating narratives by combining digital illustration and collage techniques to design informative and eye-catching images.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Alternative Text for Accessibility In the last lesson, you learned the export setting for print and digital application. In this lesson, I will show you how to prepare alternative text to make your illustration more accessible. As designers, our objective is to have a work as inclusive as possible, so that includes making it accessible to people who may have some visual impairment. In the US, it's approximately 12 million people over 40 years old. They could be affected by blindness, but also have just simple vision impairment after correction. In this case, alternative text is essential....”
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Course summary for: Creative Data Visualization for Beginners
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design
Gabrielle Merite
A course by Gabrielle Merite
Gabrielle Merite is a French information designer living in Los Angeles, who specializes in producing engaging and inspiring data-based imagery. With an educational background in biology and immunology, her desire to have a more immediate impact on society led her to study scientific journalism. Her aim is always the same: to connect with people and incite action about the biggest issues we face today.
Throughout her career, she has collaborated with clients including WeTransfer, the MIT Technology Review, the Rand Corporation, and the United Nations. Gabrielle also produces personal projects on topics close to her heart, such as gender inequality, racial disparity, and climate change. She is especially dedicated to helping ethically driven organizations communicate their analytics with honesty, rawness, and compassion.
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