Information Design Specialization for Infographics and Visual Storytelling

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 Domestika addresses the topic: Alternative Text for Accessibility, which is part of the Domestika online course: Information Design Specialization for Infographics and Visual Storytelling. Create engaging narratives with digital illustration and collage to craft captivating, informative data visualizations.

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: Information Design Specialization for Infographics and Visual Storytelling

• Level: Beginner
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• 550 students
• 6 units
• 77 lessons (11h 15m)
• 32 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Areas

  Digital Illustration, Graphic Design, Infographics, Information Design, Interactive Design