Muliple images include:

• Images that go over two pages
• Images in Sequence
• Multiple Images grouped together (usual in pairs)

Sometimes images can go over two pages. In the print version this may appear as a single image, but screenreaders will pick it up as two separate images.

• Describe both pages in the first image’s Alt-text
• Leave the Alt-text in the second image empty and select the check box below the Alt-text box for Mark as decorative.

If it is an image that also requires a long description:

• follow this same procedure
• add the link to the long description below the first image
• If the second image has a caption enter See previous image for description into it's Alt-text. Otherwise, leave empty.

An image in a sequence is when there is a group of images that are very similar with only slight variations. A good example is from DAISY with a group of paintings of a decaying castle. Follow this link to view the example.

If you have an image in a sequence:

• only fully describe the image in the first instance.
• In all the proceeding images, only describe what is different.

This can also occur in Children’s Picture Books, and should be treated the same way except the entire image description goes into the single image.

Sometimes you will have images that are grouped together. This is not a collage, a collage is an artistic medium. Grouped images tend to have a single caption for both images.

If you have a group of images, they will be combined into a single image file. This means the Alt-text needs to set up the fact that it is a group of images.

Structure the description as follows:

• Begin with Two images side-by-side or Two images on top of each other whatever you choose make sure to establish how many images there are and what order they are in.
• Start with the first image in reading order (i.e. on the left, or on the top)
• Describe each image as its own description, but begin with the location of the image: On the left or On the top or even In the first image, …