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Instructional Materials Demo

1. Braille signage demo

Text description of Instructional Materials Demo

  1. Frame A. Introduction.
    See the caption following this image.

    Show a blind person (person wearing sunglasses) at a desk with a TV monitor in front of them. The TV is connected to a VCR. The person is wearing headphones. The caption reads: "Instructional material needs to take into consideration the needs of all users."

  2. Frame B. Descriptive Audio.
    See the caption following this image.

    The animation indicates that audible information is being provided to the person through their headphones. The caption reads: "When a piece of media, including analog and digital video, contains visual information essential to understanding its content, the media shall also be available with narrative descriptions of visual displays."

Text description of the animation.

The standards this example illustrates:

1194.24 (d) of Section 508 Technical Standards:
All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain visual information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be audio described.

Products to which these standards may apply:

(Text and illustrations by Galbraith Communications)


Date Modified: 2010-03-11

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