Tuesday 25 October 2011

Activity 17.1

List of Alternative Formats (Positive Features, Negative Features, Tech Resources and Human Resources.

  • Closed Captioning
    • Helps deaf users understand video.
    • You could say it can be distracting although it can be turned off.
    • Software like premier pro or equivalent.
    • Someone who can use premier pro.
  • Audio Narration
    • Helps visual impaired/dyslexic users to understand text elements.
    • Once again it could be distracting, but can be turned off.
    • Audio software.
    • Someone who can use such software.
  • Word documents
    • Providing inaccessible .pdf in this format can allow user to alter to their need.
    • Loss of security features of .pdf
    • Acrobat pro.
    • Someone who can convert it.
  • Transcripts
    • Provides an alternative format to audio, beneficial to deaf users.
    • Can't show the same feeling and emotion of spoken words.
    • Computer.
    • Someone who can transcribe the audio.
    • Large Print
      • Helps visually impaired user read text
      • None
      • Computer
      • Someone to press print

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