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Dealing with Multiple Images
Muliple images include:
- Images that go over two pages
- Images in Sequence
- Grouped Images: Multiple Images grouped together (usual in pairs)
Two Page Images
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 descriptioninto it's Alt-text. Otherwise, selectMark as decorative.
Here is a tutorial: https://somup.com/crlDrm0sjw
Images in Sequence
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.
Grouped Images
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-sideorTwo images on top of each otherwhatever 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 leftorOn the topor evenIn the first image, …
Example
Below is a page from the book Winking at Life. This is a good example of two images grouped together.
Alt-text: Two images side by side. In the first image, Wink and a female dancer stand in front one another before a hat kiosk. They put hats on one another's heads and smile. Wink wears a striped cardigan, black slacks, dress shoes, and a plain black brimmed hat. The dancer had a light skin tone and blonde hair. She wears a sleeveless dress with a striped mini skirt, white gloves, runners, and a white brimmed hat with a large feather on top. In the second image, Wink and the dancer ride a carnival ride. They sit on a metal bench with a metal gate clasped over their laps. They are raised up in the air, and their feet dangle below them. They both smile down at the camera and the dancer waves.
Q&A Archive
Q: In 500 years of Indigenous resistance, at the beginning of the section "Extermination and Assimilation" there is an image of 5 maps that spans across two pages, so the map in the middle is divided in two. In the alt-text of the second map image I've stated that it is a continuation of the previous image" as the wiki instructs. My concern is, in the document, the first part of the map image is placed before the section heading, so the two parts of the image are in two different sections. Is this an issue?
A: Great Question! You can move the first map just below the heading so they are in the same section.
