Re: SVG tools that aren't bad for accessibility

Hi Chaals,

FWIW, for the “Doesn't break existing source” I've just tested in 
Inkscape after having added role and aria-label to an SVG root in a text 
editor, and Inkscape seems to keep them as is. It adds a lot of cruft 
but does not break the attributes I added beforehand.

Of course it's a pretty simple test, but I was glad to see that.

I'd say it's as good a start as any, hoping I'm not repeating something 
you already knew though.

Stephane

Le 30/08/2021 à 07:07, Charles 'chaals' (McCathie) Nevile a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I'm going to confess that I currently use Atom (plus some copy-paste) to
> create and modify SVG. That's not a very good answer for the real world
> question "how do I edit this SVG without breaking its accessibility?", and
> that's a question that is increasingly common.
> 
> I'm wondering of course if there are tools with good SVG accessibility
> support. In an ideal world, tools that conform to the requirements in
> https://w3.org/TR/ATAG and effectively demonstrate that those requirements
> are actually the right ones. Since that seems like a hopeless dream 20
> years since I looked at what it would take to make SVG tools conform, I'd
> be happy with
> 
> - doesn't break existing source, especially accessibility features like
> ARIA attributes and desc/title elements
> - allows adding desc / title to objects in the drawing
> - uses text elements for all text
> - can use and optimise CSS
> 
> If anyone knows of something that good I would be really happy to learn.
> If anyone knows of a tool that just meets the first requirement, that
> would be very helpful information that I don't have (I suspect and really
> hope there is more than one though).
> 
> cheers
> 
> Chaals
> 
>

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