Re: Making Inkscpe SVGs accessible to screen readers
Jonathan Busby <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Jun 2019 10:37:31 -0500
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--===============0216943220434212485== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000fe2420058a956066" --000000000000fe2420058a956066 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I replied but the mail server rejected the message because it had a zip attachment. Here's a link to the zip archive on my Mediafire account : http://www.mediafire.com/file/u55y9fs15d4y13f/acessible-SVG-test.zip/file Thanks and regards, Jonathan On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 10:27 AM Jonathan Busby <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 7:11 PM Steve Litt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If I understand you correctly, you already have this text visible on > > the picture and able to be selected (how?). > > The text in the accessibility modified file is visible, but it's not > selectable. > > >Once you can select it, > > copy it from the SVG and paste it into a window whose job it is to feed > > text into a text-to-speech program. > > The original, "non-accessible" file, has selectable text, but only via a > CTRL-A, a CTRL-C and a CTRL-V. But its text is quite ugly and garbled whe= n > pasted. > > I've tested the original, "non-accessible" SVG file with JAWS > <https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/?utm_term=3Djaw= s%20screen%20reader&utm_source=3Dadwords&utm_campaign=3DAll+Products&utm_me= dium=3Dppc&hsa_tgt=3Daud-544366240235:kwd-394361346638&hsa_cam=3D200218713&= hsa_ad=3D296201131673&hsa_kw=3Djaws%20screen%20reader&hsa_grp=3D52663682111= &hsa_net=3Dadwords&hsa_mt=3De&hsa_src=3Dg&hsa_acc=3D1684996396&hsa_ver=3D3&= gclid=3DCjwKCAjw0N3nBRBvEiwAHMwvNj8nn8W_WXFoPhqM1PBETY55GX-2dhBPDjLb3QeQtJs= Jnd2PcFcKQxoClrwQAvD_BwE> > and it reads the file pretty decently, but it doesn't even read *anything= * > from the "accessible" SVG file. > > I'll attached the original SVG, the screen reader accessible SVG that I > attempted to create and the "diff -Nau" between the two files. > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > SteveT > > > > Steve Litt > > June 2019 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times > > http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive > > Thanks and regards, > > Jonathan > --000000000000fe2420058a956066 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I replied but the mail server rejected the message be= cause it had a zip attachment. Here's a link to the zip archive on my M= ediafire account :</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.mediafire= .com/file/u55y9fs15d4y13f/acessible-SVG-test.zip/file">http://www.mediafire= .com/file/u55y9fs15d4y13f/acessible-SVG-test.zip/file</a></div><div><br></d= iv><div>Thanks and regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan<br></div><div= ><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On We= d, Jun 5, 2019 at 10:27 AM Jonathan Busby <<a href=3D"mailto:jonathanbus= [email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote c= lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px soli= d rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><br>On Mon, Jun 3= , 2019 at 7:11 PM Steve Litt <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= m" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br>> If I = understand you correctly, you already have this text visible on<br><div>>= ; the picture and able to be selected (how?). <br></div><div><br></div><div= >The text in the accessibility modified file is visible, but it's not s= electable.<br></div><div><br></div><div>>Once you can select it,</div>&g= t; copy it from the SVG and paste it into a window whose job it is to feed<= br><div>> text into a text-to-speech program.</div><div><br></div><div>T= he original, "non-accessible" file, has selectable text, but only= via a CTRL-A, a CTRL-C and a CTRL-V. But its text is quite ugly and garble= d when pasted.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I've tested the original, &= quot;non-accessible" SVG file with <a href=3D"https://www.freedomscien= tific.com/products/software/jaws/?utm_term=3Djaws%20screen%20reader&utm= _source=3Dadwords&utm_campaign=3DAll+Products&utm_medium=3Dppc&= hsa_tgt=3Daud-544366240235:kwd-394361346638&hsa_cam=3D200218713&hsa= _ad=3D296201131673&hsa_kw=3Djaws%20screen%20reader&hsa_grp=3D526636= 82111&hsa_net=3Dadwords&hsa_mt=3De&hsa_src=3Dg&hsa_acc=3D16= 84996396&hsa_ver=3D3&gclid=3DCjwKCAjw0N3nBRBvEiwAHMwvNj8nn8W_WXFoPh= qM1PBETY55GX-2dhBPDjLb3QeQtJsJnd2PcFcKQxoClrwQAvD_BwE" target=3D"_blank">JA= WS</a> and it reads the file pretty decently, but it doesn't even read = *anything* from the "accessible" SVG file.<br></div><div><br></di= v><div>I'll attached the original SVG, the screen reader accessible SVG= that I attempted to create and the "diff -Nau" between the two f= iles.</div><div>Any help would be appreciated.<br></div><div><br></div>>= <br>> SteveT<br>><br>> Steve Litt<br>> June 2019 featured book:= Thriving in Tough Times<br>> <a href=3D"http://www.troubleshooters.com/= thrive" target=3D"_blank">http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive</a><br><div= ><br></div><div>Thanks and regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan<br></= div></div> </blockquote></div></div></div> --000000000000fe2420058a956066-- --===============0216943220434212485== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============0216943220434212485== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user --===============0216943220434212485==--