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Re: Alt text or text equivalent for flowcharts, diagrams that have text in them

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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Nov 9, 2016 1:30PM

Hi Jennifer,

We came across this problem recently. The solution we came up with is similar to what JP described: hide the image and contents of the flow chart and provide an offscreen alternative.

Here's the page in question:

https://www.capitalone.com/credit-cards/blog/annual-fee-worth-it/

You'll notice that the flow chart itself is set to aria-hidden=true. The sibling of that <div> is another <div> positioned offscreen. It contains two <h3> and several <p> elements that explain what it is being conveyed visually in the graphics.

I hope this helps!

Nick Beranek
Capital One

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Subject: [WebAIM] Alt text or text equivalent for flowcharts, diagrams that have text in them

Hi,

Could you give me some guidance on how to provide alt text or an appropriate text equivalent for flowchart or diagram images that already contain text? Do you have any examples of ones done well I could take a look at? I've tried looking it up but just wondering what your experiences have been. These would be for images we're using in an online course. Thanks!



Jennifer Pope
Program Accessibility & QA Specialist
NU Online Experiential Learning
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Ave, 31 BV
Boston, MA 02115
617-373-6634

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