Re: SVG tools that aren't bad for accessibility

On 30/08/2021 07:27, Stephane Deschamps wrote:> 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.

+1.

I have to re-optimise after using Inkscape on any of the Mulberry 
Symbols [1].

I plan on adding a stylesheet or classes for skin colour etc. These will 
probably be manually edited at source level and I hope Inkscape behaves 
with them too.

Steve

1: https://mulberrysymbols.org/

 >
 > 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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