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From: Meacham, Steve - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Date: Jun 7, 2017 4:39PM

Hi Birkir,

JAWS 17 reads an SVG <title> element by default for me, but not the <desc> element. I'm unsure how to make it read the <desc> element, but I'd like to know if it's possible. Because <desc> is the functional equivalent to the "longdesc" attribute, I'm not keen on its level of support.

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
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Subject: [WebAIM] Detecting SVG imags

Greetings all

I am writing up an image accessibility test guide for our UAT team.
I want them to easily detect use of SVG images (we have started using them on some domains and we are expanding the use to others).

Is there a way for them, other than looking at the source code of images, or by detecting all HTML and CSS images first), to identify an <svg> image?


Do any accessibility tools or bookmarklets mark SVG images specifically or expose their alternative text (the contents of the <title>or <desc> elements)?
For the purpose of this exercise, let's assume the <svg> tag does not have role="img".

Thanks
-B


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