> On Jun 29, 2016, at 2:18 PM, Richard Schwerdtfeger <richschwer@gmail.com> wrote: > > roledescription is new for ARIA 1.1 and so the ATs really have not used it yet. It landed in WebKit not long after the feature went into the 1.1 spec. It works at least two releases of both iOS and macOS. You can try it out on the "arrow" within this bitmap SVG. http://cookiecrook.com/longdesc/svg_bitmap/ > That said we can work with them to ensure that they don’t say anything. > > net net. That should be doable. It is a great suggestion by Jason and it would avoid having another role. I consider an empty @aria-roledescription more of a temporary workaround than a long term solution. It suffices to postpone the other role discussion, but it's be ill advised to promote that technique as a recommended authoring practice. James > Rich > > >> On Jun 29, 2016, at 3:54 PM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds <amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com <mailto:amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> [Jason] Couldn’t you do this in ARIA 1.1 with aria-roledescription=””, thereby suppressing presentation of the image role by the screen reader? >> >> >> I'm okay with recommending that the img role continue to be used for text-as-graphics, but I'm curious about Jason's suggestion of an empty role description value. Has anyone tested whether that actually works and makes sense when exposed by a screen reader? >> >> This wouldn't affect anything in ARIA 1.1, but would affect authoring guidance. >> >
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