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Alt text for complex screenshot images
I work in systems training and my courses feature screenshots of various systems (financial, travel, purchasing etc...). As you can probably imagine, these are complex images and often require the learner to identify a section of the image so they can select a hot spot or other object to activate a trigger.
My question is, what level of alt text is required for complex screenshot images? I imagine it will either have to be highly detailed or not included at all (with the latter taking the assumption that a certain amount of capability is required to access and utilise the system). Neither option seems ideal.
Has anyone else encountered this issue? If so, how did you tackle the alt text for your courses?
For complex system training instead of using screenshots we rebuild the screen and use a screen reader to examine the app and then replicate the experience inside storyline, lots more work but worth it for the user experience.
I agree with Phil that you might need to complicate your process. For example-
- Take your single image and duplicate it
- Align the images
- Take the top image, and crop it to just one section of the interface
- Add the alt text for just that section
- Repeat until all of the sections are their own, cropped image
