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Re: Using SVG to display text

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From: Steve Green
Date: Jun 8, 2019 2:47AM

Thanks, that's just what I was hoping to hear. I wish I could share the code because it is utter filth - I think it's produced with Articulate or some similarly evil tool. Believe it or not, they are hiding that text with aria-hidden and applying the same text (usually, but not always) via an aria-label on the containing div. The entire page has role="application", so they have put tabindex="-1" on everything (text, links, buttons etc.) so that screen readers can access it. No native HTML elements are exposed to assistive technologies at all.

Furthermore, they are using JavaScript to control the tab sequence because the source order is completely random. But they forgot about the reverse tab sequence, which is all over the place.

Please excuse the rant, but I am extraordinarily pissed off with this crap and just feel the need to express feelings I can't share with the client.

Steve