2022
DOI: 10.1111/cura.12536
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Creating Accessible Digital Images for Vision Impaired Audiences and Researchers

Abstract: In 1992, the UN has designated December 3rd each year as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, an effort that aims to promote the rights and well-being of people with disabilities in all aspects of life. Under the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the rights and wellbeing of people with disabilities should be universally accepted and protected. While a laudable goal, thirty years later, we find that these protections are not being met in the museum sector or in the scholar… Show more

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“…As mentioned in the previous editorial, Curator: The Museum Journal, as part of the Wiley publishing family, collaborated with University College London on the project "Creating accessible digital images," funded by the UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies. The project builds on findings from the "Inclusive Visions" project, which looked at the experience of vision-impaired museum visitors, and how they make meaning of the environment, collections, and digital resources (Cecilia, 2022). "Creating accessible digital images" perceives AltText not only as alternative explanatory text with images, but also as part of the broader sector's effort toward more equitable offers of cultural participation.…”
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“…As mentioned in the previous editorial, Curator: The Museum Journal, as part of the Wiley publishing family, collaborated with University College London on the project "Creating accessible digital images," funded by the UCL Centre for Critical Heritage Studies. The project builds on findings from the "Inclusive Visions" project, which looked at the experience of vision-impaired museum visitors, and how they make meaning of the environment, collections, and digital resources (Cecilia, 2022). "Creating accessible digital images" perceives AltText not only as alternative explanatory text with images, but also as part of the broader sector's effort toward more equitable offers of cultural participation.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…It has also been discussed as a creative writing practice (Finnegan & Coklyat, n.d.), and as an access tool for museums and cultural institutions (Wilson, 2011). In the January 2023 issue of Curator: The Museum Journal (Cecilia et al, 2023), we considered the rather fragmented and decadal delays of the museum sector and the sector's peer-reviewed publishers to fully adopt the principles of the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the migration to digital first publishing (Cecilia et al, 2023). In that editorial, we announced that Curator: The Museum Journal has adopted a new policy to increase inclusion in our journal and advocated for wide adoption of that policy throughout the museum sector.…”
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Images included in museum academic literature or museum websites are part of the essential attributes of objects, providing evidence and illustrations explanations of processes (Cecilia et al, 2023a). They are used as key data, crucial to communicate information, and an integral part of the scholarly discussion and the museological practice (ibid).
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“…In the July 2023 editorial (Cecilia et al, 2023b), we discussed how AltText is a tool to develop the multimodal nature of authorial narratives and enhance the complex relationship between authors and potential readership. As stated in the January 2023 issue of Curator: The Museum Journal (Cecilia et al, 2023a), the purpose of this third Editorial is to explore the process of creating effective AltText for museums and other collecting institutions, providing guidance for six different elements to consider when writing the descriptions: function, structure, language, content, length, and the use of decorative images.…”
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