[Athen] Non-academic, literary accessibility

[Luke Kudryashov]

Hi T.,

The Describing Visual Resources Toolkit
<https://describingvisualresources.org/> might be useful, it has arts and
humanities tailored info. It’s primarily focused on academic publishing but
a lot of it is more broadly applicable to non-academic contexts.

Luke

Luke


On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 3:54 PM Weissenberger, T M <
todd-weissenberger at uiowa.edu> wrote:


> Hi all,

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> A local small press reached out with some questions as they ramp up their

> ePub practices. Their books are not specifically intended as classroom

> texts, but they want to provide good ALT text with illustrations,

> charts/graphs, and the like.

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> My DS office colleague and I shared the usual ALT goodness, but I felt

> like there might be something more specific we could offer them as

> publishers of fiction, poetry, history, and general interest titles. Has

> anyone worked with accessibility at a more literary level?

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> Yes, I am an English major.

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> Cheers,

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> TMW

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> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+S.+Clinton+Street+%0D%0A+Iowa+City,+IA+52242?entry=gmail&source=g>

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> *T. Matthew Weissenberger [he/him/his]*

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> IT Accessibility Coordinator

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> University of Iowa

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> 2800 University Capitol Centre

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> 200 S. Clinton Street

> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+S.+Clinton+Street+%0D%0A+Iowa+City,+IA+52242?entry=gmail&source=g>

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> Iowa City, IA 52242

> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+S.+Clinton+Street+%0D%0A+Iowa+City,+IA+52242?entry=gmail&source=g>

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> todd-weissenberger at uiowa.edu

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> 319.384.3323

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> [image: The words "Accessibility at Iowa", gold on black, with the word

> IOWA also rendered in Braille pattern]

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