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rachel.osolen [Writing Image Descriptions for Human Narration] 		public:nnels:etext:human-narration-alt-text [2024/09/26 19:56] (current)
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 The deadline is created based on type/number of images and the average time it takes to complete the descriptions. A breakdown of the average time per image and type is as follows: The deadline is created based on type/number of images and the average time it takes to complete the descriptions. A breakdown of the average time per image and type is as follows:
-  * Complex image = 35 minutes per image +  * Complex image = 25 minutes per image 
-  * Medium image = 20 minutes per image+  * Medium image = 10 minutes per image
   * Simple image = 3 minutes per image   * Simple image = 3 minutes per image
  
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 The biggest difference between Image Descriptions for Human Narration and Image Descriptions for Alt-text is the length and amount of detail included in your description. The biggest difference between Image Descriptions for Human Narration and Image Descriptions for Alt-text is the length and amount of detail included in your description.
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 +Begin each description with the phrase: ''BEGIN IMAGE DESCRIPTION (Location)'' and end each description with the phrase: ''END IMAGE DESCRIPTION (Location)''.
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 +After each description, if there is a caption, transcribe the caption beginning with the phrase: ''Caption Reads: ...''
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 +When describing cover images, begin with the following: ''cover: [Title][: Subtitle]. [AuthorName AuthorSuname]. [Image Description]. [Praise quotation by Attribution text].''
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 +For example: ''cover: Awesome Title: Of a Really Cool Book. Sarah Smith. A colour photograph of a single red rose laying in the pale white snow. "You do not want to miss this book that is about cool things!" by Mr. Critic Person.''
  
 <note tip>Listening to a video, movie, or show with described video on is a good way to understand how to write for time constraints.</note> <note tip>Listening to a video, movie, or show with described video on is a good way to understand how to write for time constraints.</note>
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-You want to keep your descriptions between ''1-4 sentences long''. Human Narration is under time constraints, so the shorter the better.+You want to keep your descriptions between ''1-3 sentences long''. Human Narration is under time constraints, so the shorter the better.
  
 Since the descriptions will be shorter, your descriptions will sacrifice finer details and be more general than when you are describing Alt-text for an EPUB3. Since the descriptions will be shorter, your descriptions will sacrifice finer details and be more general than when you are describing Alt-text for an EPUB3.
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