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--- public:nnels:etext:kids-books:kb_alt-text:illustrated_books [2024/09/09 15:37]
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+++ public:nnels:etext:kids-books:kb_alt-text:illustrated_books [2024/09/09 18:31] (current)
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 Remember alt-text replaces an image with text, so we want to make sure we are sticking to the facts and describing what we see in the image and not our interpretation of it. Allow the opportunity for interpretation with the reader
-In the next example, the character's name, physical description, and the description of the tree and carving appear in the surrounding text.
+In the next example, the character's name, physical description, and the description of the tree and carving appear in the surrounding text. The following is a sample of the surrounding text, followed by the image and alt-text:
+''She gasped. There in front of her rose another enormous tree. This one, however, was more than enormous. It was . . . majestic.
+Giant branches fanned out around the top like a crown. Golden leaves blocked the rain and wind. In between roots, moss grew so neatly it looked as though someone had tucked it in and trimmed it to fit. Maybe someone had . . . for in the trunk, just above her head, was a carving.
+It was a heart, like the heart on her suitcase, but in the center of this heart were the initials HH.
+What could it mean? she wondered.
+Mona couldn’t resist. Slowly, she reached up on tiptoe to touch the carving.
+Click.
+The heart pressed inward, and a door in the trunk swung open.''
 {{ :public:nnels:kids-books:heartwood_01.png?400 |}}

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