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

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Nov 9, 2016 5:40PM

check out a product called high charts they may be able to help with this
as well they have made some vary accessable svg files lucy

Lucia Greco
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IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
University of California, Berkeley
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On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Beranek, Nicholas <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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
>
>