This has been happening for a while, but not sure if VoiceOver users have noticed, or what are blind peoples thoughts on this latest and greatest video animation alt text description that I think is really impressive:
"The Apple logo radiates with a cool blue color. Additional thermal colors of hot red and yellow flow outward from the center of the logo image"
To experience it:
1. Go to: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
2. Navigate to the graphic.
3. Observe the image description alt text.
Please share your thoughts on this video animation alt text description. Have you experienced something like this before elsewhere? Do you find it purposeful and meaningful? DO you feel it's helpful and useful?
Comments
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I definitely like it. It's helpful and useful. More of this stuff please.
Agreed: Well Done Apple!
I like this too, and definitely agree there needs to be more of it. I've honestly not been that good about watching/listening to these events, primarily because not all of the information has applied to me. However, it appears that is starting to change.
It's the pinnacle in accessibility
What Apple does for it's events, is truly remarkable. No other mainstream company to my best knowledge is able to provide live audio descriptions for their events, never seen it for any Microsoft or Google event.
It's the main reason why I love watching them. They must be putting in serious efforts and money to make it all happen.
Even mainstream media agrees that Apple's events are equivalent to Big budget hollywood films in terms of production quality, and no one does it like them.
When I am guiding my workplace in making their townhall's and such events accessible, I love pointing them towards this example.
Meanwhile, some companies can't even be bothered to put out audio described versions of their adds on Youtube, let alone broadcast them on TV or main-stream methods.
Most Minecraft & XBox Events
, have audio description via a YouTube streams among official channels.
Unles I am wrong, Apple does not have an AD specific YouTube stream.