[jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
- From: D!J!X! <megamansuperior@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:29:10 -0400
The problem with that for websites is that a lot of times the background on
the site itself consists of gradients or swurls or some sort of liniar
pattern design, which the OCR engine will most likely try to turn into
letters or symbols, and the whole thing becomes crowded with garbage... So
even then it's still a messy situation. You could try and search the page's
code for the URL to the graphic in question, but 1: that's a bad way of
doing things, and 2: if the graphic is generated automatically, most likely
when you try to access it from that same URL it'll be a 404-not found error.
The developer should make the text on the graphic be included on the alt
attribute or as a separate caption. This is not only for accessibility
issues/concerns, but for SEO as well. That's what ranks some sites higher
than others...
D!J!X!
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[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bissett, Tom
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:18 AM
To: 'jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
It would be nice to have an OCR option but as you say Jeff there is so much
garbage on the screen that OCR doesn't work well. I have often taken screen
shots and then ran them through OCR to glean what little text I can get out
of them and most of the time they really are unusable. One thing that does
help a little is when people use the alt print screen which captures only
the application window and not the desktop and what ever else is in the
background minimizing the garbage.
Regards
Tom Bisset
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[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoff Chapman
Sent: November 5, 2010 3:50 AM
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Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
I've been thinking for years that jaws should have an on the fly OCR manager
and labelling wizard thinggy. but, I hear you that the sites are so dynamic
that this might only be of limited use. but, it'd be useful none-the-less I
reckon, to have such a thing. But, I'm told that the visual complexity, and
the low, "signal to noise," threshold that the computer screen offers, as
compared to that provided by text on pages, means this would be of very
limited success. so I'm told anywayz. e.g. apparently, the powers that be
tell me it'd be very hard for an OCR process to establish what was part of
the photographic elements to decode, and what was decorative stuff and
shading and things, which might reeeally confuse any such process to the
point of being unuseable. I suppose I must believe them, though boy, I've
been wanting such a tool for a jolly long time in jaws I can tel ya, even if
it didn't work much of the time but did work sometimes?but of course,
support issues would be outrageous so I guess it's not gunna happen any
time soon. <sigh.>
ou-- Original Message -----
From: "black ares" <matematicianu2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 3:26 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
> but you don't need such thing, because smooth text is generated on the fly
> when the page is displayed.
> So the developer has for sure the natural text, but they are so ignorant
> regarding the accessibility that they don't think to put that text as a
> alternative solution.
> Even that the graphic is not generated on the fly, when it was generated
> some one there had the text and possibly the text is still there and can
> be
> refurbished in a plain text page.
> On the other hand, sifr is based on flash, and if flash is not installed
> it
> degrades back to plain text and css.
> How ever, they have the text, but they don't want to put it there.
> More over think that the content of a page is dynamic, you can not OCR-ise
> a
> page and that is all, because from request to request the content of the
> page may change.
>
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> From: "Ann Marie Medlar" <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 5:44 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
>
>
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>> Hi,
>> Do you know if there is software to convert smooth text to pure text?
>> I am just thinking that if a site has inaccessible text then one could
>> save
>> page in question in some format, then put file through OpenBook or
>> another
>> conversion software package, save as text or something readable, then
>> possibly give file back to web developer to add a link text only link
>> and
>> post text info under accessible link?
>> I have no idea about web development but just thinking how an
>> inaccessible
>> site might become accessible at low cost and effort.
>> Ann
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Elise Lonsdale" <elise@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:00 PM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
>>
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> Having not seen the web site in question, it's also possible that the
>>> graphic in question was produced by one of those programs that place
>>> text
>>> inside a graphic. To the sighted and possibly novice web developer,
>>> they
>>> just see what appears as text and continue building their web site
>>> oblivious
>>> to whether it's a graphic with nice smooth text in their graphic or
>>> true
>>> text, which we can read with a screen reader.
>>>
>>> I've seen web pages bashed up by Microsoft Publisher, where if a bloc of
>>> text appears close to a picture or word art, the program will just make
>>> a
>>> nice bit fat graphic of that part of the page to preserve the visual
>>> layout
>>> for the novice developer, Bingo you get a non-accessible web page.
>>>
>>> Warm Regards - Elise Lonsdale
>>>
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>>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride
>>> Sent: Friday, 5 November 2010 7:08 AM
>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
>>>
>>> Ann, u queried:
>>> As far as BitMaps does this mean that a photo was taken of text data and
>>> then posted rather than someone typeing text info?
>>>
>>> Basically, that's pretty much right. Whether the text was
>>> photographed, drawn, etc., it was done as a graphic rather than text &
>>> no screenreader, except possibly Cobra, reads that.
>>>
>>> W/o an access code, if the site is ok till then, the link is pretty much
>>> ndg.
>>>
>>> On 11/4/10, Ann Marie Medlar <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> As far as BitMaps does this mean that a photo was taken of text data
>>>> and
>>>> then posted rather than someone typeing text info?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 12:02 PM
>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: web sites with graphics
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Likely the screen was drawn in bitmaps as opposed to printing of
>>>>> actual text, &, if that be the case, no scripting in the world's gonna
>>>>> fix it because Jaws is simply unable to read bitmaps. Having said
>>>>> thus, u didn't provide the site url in order for us to check.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/4/10, Ann Marie Medlar <amedlar1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>> I used IE to go to a web site to take a word test. I had an access
>>>>>> code
>>>>>> from the site and when I entered a new browser window opens.
>>>>>> Jaws reports graphics...
>>>>>> Is there any way to scritp this easily to access?
>>>>>> The screen instructed me to open a specific file and then to proceed.
>>>>>> A
>>>>>> sighted person told me that is what my screen stated.
>>>>>> I used Windows XP Pro, Jaws11.xx and IE 8.0.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just curious how could this become more accessible?
>>>>>> Ann
>>>>>>
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