POET Image Description Tool
What is POET?
Developed by The DIAGRAM Center, POET is an open-source, web-based tool for creating and providing guidelines to writing image descriptions for images in existing DAISY and EPUB books. With Poet, it is possible to crowd source the creation of image descriptions, which can reduce both the cost for content creators and delivery time for end-users.
Easy, Intuitive User Interface
Using Poet is easy. Take any DAISY 3 or EPUB3 book file and upload it to Poet. Then, follow simple steps to write a description for each image. The descriptions will then be available to assistive technology for voicing whenever the next reader downloads the file. See this two-minute introductory video that shows you just how easy Poet is to use.
Learn how to Describe
Let's Describe!
Special Features
Image Coverage Checker
This tool generates a report of the number of images in a given file that already have descriptions so you can quickly determine how much time might be required to finish the job.
MathML Cloud (beta)
MathML Cloud transcribes math into machine-readable format (MathML or text description.)
Image Description Guidelines
Recommendations and guidelines for describing complex images such as diagrams, charts, and maps. Updated in 2015.
DIAGRAM Related Links
Webinars and external links related to DIAGRAM.
Special Features
Image Coverage Checker
This tool generates a report of the number of images in a given file that already have descriptions so you can quickly determine how much time might be required to finish the job.
MathML Cloud (beta)
MathML Cloud transcribes math into machine-readable format (MathML or text description.)
Image Description Guidelines
Recommendations and guidelines for describing complex images such as diagrams, charts, and maps. Updated in 2015.
DIAGRAM Related Links
Webinars and external links related to DIAGRAM.
Want to contribute?
You can obtain or contribute to the open source Poet code, or set up your own instance of Poet. You can view the source, submit issues or comments, and/or make your own modifications. The Readme section contains licensing information and guidelines for setting the environment variables. Alternatively, if would like to host your own instance, the code may be downloaded, installed, and managed in your own hosting environment.
