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Adding Long Descriptions for Accessibility from InDesign

Sometimes the parameters of the alternative text field are inadequate to describe an image for accessibility. Perhaps the description needs HTML markup or perhaps it just needs more characters in order to describe the image adequately. That’s where a long description comes in. Sometimes known as an extended description, this is an opportunity to describe an image thoroughly without length limits.
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Laura Brady is an inclusive publishing expert whose priority is always to put users first. She has more than 25 years of trade publishing experience, creating and converting ebooks, training publishers on accessible workflows, writing a blog helping developers work more accessibly, and consulting for services organizations about how to publish inclusively while worrying about everyone's reading experience. She is on the board of the Accessible Books Consortium and chairs the International Publishers Association accessibility subcommittee.

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