For short animations such as animated “gifs” images, are alternative text and a long description provided, if needed?
Animated graphic image files (GIF’s) and animations are typically image files that repeat or change from one image to the next. These animations can comprise either drawn images (as in cartoons) or photographic images. They usually do not include an audio component. Providing either alternative text or a long description is essential to making them accessible to persons who cannot see the animation. Only 15% of the Web pages surveyed contained GIF’s, one-third of which were not accompanied by alternative text or long descriptions. See Table 7. 13. For movies, are auditory descriptions provided and synchronized with the original audio? Unlike most animations and animated GIF’s, movies have both visual and audio components. For the user to fully appreciate the content of the presentation, the audio component of a movie is synchronized with the visual component. In a television or movie theater movie, a character’s speech is synchronized with the movement of their lips and gestures and a
