But that doesn’t solve everything.Ĭanva should really fix the following if it wants to seriously pitch itself as a web design tool (not just for image production). Okay, so technically I found a workaround for one of Canva’s accessibility issues. My final conclusion: don’t use Canva for websites until they fix their accessibility issues. This was also successfully read by both my screen readers in the proper order on the page. If the image does not load, the descriptive text box will show. Then once you are done, click “send to back” to hide it behind the visual. Put a text box over the top of the image you inserted into your Canva design. The workaround to use if you have no other choice than to create a website using Canva (which I’m skeptical about but I don’t know your situation). So while both of these options technically did give me alt text, you don’t really have enough control for this to be a great workaround. This does not include images you upload to Canva.Īccording to the Canva system, the photo above is “Asian Female Designer with tablet at work.” There is no way to change the text, but it technically exists. The stock photos used in Canva’s templates DO include standard alt text. In simpler terms, I was having the same screenreader quirky challenges on the published Flourish page that I was having inside the Canva embed. This probably doesn’t mean much to most of you. What I found interesting, is that even the chart shared on Flourish’s public site comes through inside an which basically means that even on the share page for your Flourish visual, the image is embedded onto the page. It was not straightforward, but I could technically get a screenreader to read the alternative text I put in to describe the chart. My guess is that if I played with enough embed tools there probably would be a successful workaround, but it’s just a guess. I thought this would work…but it definitely did not.Īt its best I could get a screenreader to read the filename (but it never read the alt text). I uploaded an image to my own personal website, gave the image alternative text, and then used the Embed tool inside Canva to insert the image. I also used WAVE (Website Accessibility Evaluation Tool) by WebAIM. A chrome browser based screen reader and my Macbook’s VoiceOver (built in screen reader).
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