[Blindmath] creating an accessible review mode for SVG Draw 01

[Richard Baldwin]

I don't have a touchpad, so that is how I test svg files created with my
drawing program to confirm IVEO compatibility.

Dick Baldwin

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:

> Yes it does sound a little like IVEO. In fact one could use a mouse instead
> of a touchpad to drive IVEO (the touchpad is simply a pointing device and a
> tap on it is a mouse click).
>
> Michael whapples
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>  If you open the svg file in Chrome and point to a shape with the mouse, a
>> tooltip pops up with the name of the shape. I don't know if screen readers
>> respond to such tool tips or not.
>>
>> Other than that, this sounds a lot like running IVEO Creator with a mouse
>> instead of a touchpad. If you open an svg file in IVEO Creator and click
>> on
>> the image with the mouse, it will speak the title of the drawing element
>> that the mouse pointer is pointing to. That title is the title that was
>> given to the shape when the drawing was created.
>>
>> Dick Baldwin
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Pranav Lal <pranav.lal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> Now that we can draw things, I guess it is time to turn our attention to
>>> reviewing what we have drawn.  I like the stack of shapes idea however,
>>> that
>>> doesn't truly give me a representation of what my drawing is like.  I
>>> still
>>> have to do a lot of work in my head.  To avoid some of this, I am
>>> wondering
>>> if it is worth creating a mode where the SVG file would be broken into a
>>> stack of shapes but the stack would not be rendered in a list box.
>>>  Instead,
>>> I would have the mouse and as I move the mouse over the drawing, the
>>> shape
>>> under the mouse would be spoken. This would become very simple if done on
>>> a
>>> laptop touchpad or netbooks touchpad.  For desktop users, we could
>>> probably
>>> just use the mouse but I'm not sure how well this approach will work in
>>> that
>>> situation.
>>>
>>> Pranav
>>>
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