I really recommend working with screen reader users to identify what actually helps in these cases. Simply having more accessible text in the SVG is not necessarily better. One can get overwhelmed easily. Moreover, you need to consider what is the actual task at hand? Are you promoting wayfinding for specific areas? Starting from where? It's also worthwhile to ask if the text being added could be useful for all users?
Katherine (Kate) Deibel | PhD Inclusion & Accessibility Librarian Syracuse University Libraries T 315.443.7178 [email protected] 222 Waverly Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244 Syracuse University -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries <[email protected]> On Behalf Of parker, anson D (adp6j) Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2021 10:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessibility in SVG Hi Kun that's cool you're working on SVG accessibility - and I like the solutions people are coming up with... we're working on making some tactile maps with the used acrylic sheets that are everywhere due to covid prevention efforts https://guides.hsl.virginia.edu/it-services-blog/zoombites/tactile-map-design-in-the-library i bet those SVG files you have would be great for making maps... ________________________________________ From: Code for Libraries <[email protected]> on behalf of Guita Lamsechi <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 6:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Accessibility in SVG Hi Kun, If what you want are text labels inside the SVG files for your library floor map, add the text to the images areas but do not convert the text to raster or vector outlines. Please feel free to provide additional clarification or reach out to me directly, if I can help. Best, Guita ____________________ Guita Lamsechi, PhD MI (she, her, hers) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Aug 11, 2021, at 17:58, Guita Lamsechi <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Kun, SVG includes two elements for providing short and long text descriptions: The "title" and "desc" elements. This link on text in an SVG file may be helpful: https://www.tpgi.com/using-aria-enhance-svg-accessibility/ Best regards, Guita ____________________ Guita Lamsechi, PhD MI (she, her, hers) On Aug 11, 2021, at 14:47, Kun Lin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: EXTERNAL EMAIL: Hi Anyone has experience in creating accessible SVG floor map? I am wondering if there is a way to add descriptions in SVG to each block (path or rect). Or I am being limited to the alt tag in HTML. Thanks Kun
