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From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Date: Nov 30, 2017 1:20AM

If amCharts solves this problem, then worth exploring it. PayPal's
Accessibility team has built an accessibility plugin for amCharts a few
years ago. Please refer
https://www.amcharts.com/accessibility/accessible-charts/

Regards,

Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/
Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com

Let's create an inclusive web!

Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica


On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 6:20 AM, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> wrote:

> I am not familiar with either of those tools, but I don't think there is
> (or can be) a solution at the moment. Some content simply can't be
> represented using the HTML elements and attributes that we currently have.
>
> For a simple organisation I think a nested list would be the closest you
> can get semantically, but I'm not at all sure a screen reader user would be
> able to make sense of it. It would be interesting to run some user tests.
>
> Personally, I don't feel obliged to solve every problem a client comes to
> us with. I simply tell them it's not possible if I really think that is the
> case after considering all the options.
>
> Steve
>
>