In Facilitating Access, we look at embracing diversity and minimising barriers. Translation between formats is critical to supporting students and their preferred and necessary learning styles. One such translation is the task of creating an image description: from the visual into text. We are given two images and these recommendations for description writing: More detail than an alt-text Placement of objects or text Image style Colours Names of people or things Emotions, such as facial expressions Surroundings Concise – up to […]
Category: Facilitating Access
Facilitating Access is a subcategory of Learning & Teaching
What is translation between formats? If we translate between formats, we ensure that information or content is available in more than one format. We may provide the translations ourselves, or we may use resources that are already translated (e.g. YouTube videos that have closed captions). Here are some examples: If we link to a podcast […]