Thursday March 16 2023, 1:00 PM - Thursday March 16 2023, 2:30 PM
@ Online

The Great Lakes ADA Center in collaboration with the Southeast ADA Center invites you to register for the upcoming Accessible Technology Webinar titled “Inclusive Imagery – Writing Alt-Text Depicting People with Disabilities and Other Marginalized Identities”, featuring:

• Stacy Branham, PhD, Associate Professor of Informatics, University of California
• Emory James Edwards, PhD Candidate, University of California

There are billions of digital images, most of which are not accessible to blind screen reader users because they lack quality image descriptions. Increasingly, digital images include representations of people with diverse identities––including people of color, people who are trans or gender nonconforming, and/or people with disabilities. This adds a layer of complexity for image description authors, who may wonder how to find the words to describe these identities with sensitivity, or if they should be mentioned at all. In this webinar, we will briefly review the basics of writing good image descriptions. Then, we will present examples and some starting guidelines for describing a wide range of marginalized identities. This will be a hands-on webinar on a big topic, so come prepared to practice writing your own image descriptions and to have an interactive discussion on the complexities of describing marginalized identities in alt text.

Date:   Thursday, March 16, 2023

Time:   1-2:30 pm

Format:   Zoom Webinar Platform (Closed Captioning will be provided via Zoom and Stream Text link option)

Cost:   No Charge

Registration Required:   Registration for this session can be found on the schedule page at www.ada-accessibletech.org.  If you do not have an account with our system, you will be required to establish one before registering. 

Registration deadline:  Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Continuing Education Recognition (CER): Certificate of Attendance, ACTCP

Questions should be directed to webinars@adaconferences.org