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 <note>You do not have to leave a comment when you pass it back unless you found a particular image challenging and want the Production Coordinator to pay extra attention</note>
-=====Writing Image Descriptions for Human Narration=====
+=======Writing Image Descriptions for Human Narration=======
 The biggest difference between Image Descriptions for Human Narration and Image Descriptions for Alt-text is the length and amount of detail included in your description.
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+Begin each description with the phrase: ''BEGIN IMAGE DESCRIPTION (Location)'' and end each description with the phrase: ''END IMAGE DESCRIPTION (Location)''.
+After each description, if there is a caption, transcribe the caption beginning with the phrase: ''Caption Reads: ...''
-====Simple or Medium Descriptions====
+When describing cover images, begin with the following: ''cover: [Title][: Subtitle]. [AuthorName AuthorSuname]. [Image Description]. [Praise quotation by Attribution text].''
-You want to keep your descriptions between ''2-4 sentences long''.
+For example: ''cover: Awesome Title: Of a Really Cool Book. Sarah Smith. A colour photograph of a single red rose laying in the pale white snow. "You do not want to miss this book that is about cool things!" by Mr. Critic Person.''
-Since the descriptions will be shorter, your descriptions will be more general than when you are describing Alt-text for an EPUB3.
+<note tip>Listening to a video, movie, or show with described video on is a good way to understand how to write for time constraints.</note>
-The same guidelines for how to write descriptions for Alt-text apply to writing Simple and Medium Descriptions for Human Narration. You can find these guidelines on the page for [[public:nnels:etext:images|Images: Alt-text and Image Description]]
+======Simple or Medium Descriptions======
-If you are stuck, or unsure of how to describe any image, please post the image along with your question to the [[public:nnels:etext:images:alt-text_q_a|Alt-text Q&A]]
+You want to keep your descriptions between ''1-4 sentences long''. Human Narration is under time constraints, so the shorter the better.
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+Since the descriptions will be shorter, your descriptions will sacrifice finer details and be more general than when you are describing Alt-text for an EPUB3.
+You will be cutting out details that you would normally include in Alt-text for an EPUB3. To do this:
+  * Take in consideration the context of the image
+  * Ask: What is this image telling the reader in this context? What information would be lost if we removed it? These questions help identify the important parts of the image.
+  * Describe only the core parts of the image
+  * Remember, adjectives are your friend! They can help condense longer descriptions to be more direct and concise
+  * Edit it down to be as short and concise as possible
+  * When it doubt, ask for assistant!
+The same guidelines for how to write descriptions for Alt-text apply to writing Simple and Medium Descriptions for Human Narration. You can find these guidelines on the page for [[public:nnels:etext:images|Images: Alt-text and Image Description]]
+If you are stuck, or unsure of how to describe any image, please post the image along with your question to the [[public:nnels:etext:images:alt-text_q_a|Alt-text Q&A]]
-====Long Descriptions====
+======Long Descriptions======
 **We do not do traditional long descriptions for Human Narration.**

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