@ -161,7 +161,13 @@ The workbook of Cocklyat and Finnegan is a whole piece of code documentation ded
The `p5.js` library for example offers a `describe()` and `describeElement()` functions, to provide a description analogue to the `alt` text one for their visual sketches. The interactive graphics are based on the HTML `canvas` element, that instead of dealing with its contents in a semantic way as HTML does, works on pixel bases. Similar to images, these contents are not compatible with screen readers, and require a text explanation in order to render accessible what's happening on screen. Even more: while images are usually static, p5.js visuals are often in motion, and evolve through time. With `describeElement()`, developers can even be more granular in their descriptions, captioning transformations of different elements in their animations.
The `p5.js` library for example offers a `describe()` and `describeElement()` functions, to provide a description analogue to the `alt` text one for their visual sketches. The interactive graphics are based on the HTML `canvas` element, that instead of dealing with its contents in a semantic way as HTML does, works on pixel bases. Similar to images, these contents are not compatible with screen readers, and require a text explanation in order to render accessible what's happening on screen. Even more: while images are usually static, p5.js visuals are often in motion, and evolve through time. With `describeElement()`, developers can even be more granular in their descriptions, captioning transformations of different elements in their animations.
In the discussions on GitHub around the development of this open source project, contributors started considering how to encourage the usage of this function. From an initial suggestion of making it required in order to run the sketch, opinions settled on conveying its importance from the pages in the documentation, by adding it to the default in sketches templates, and to the examples in the documentation. (Actually, not happened yet. But there are pull requests with some of these integrations awaiting to be merged with the main branch.) `(ok rephrase it not to write pull request and merge)`
In the discussions on GitHub around the development of this open source project, contributors started considering how to encourage the usage of this function. From an initial suggestion of making it required in order to run the sketch, opinions settled on conveying its importance from the pages in the documentation, by adding it to the default in sketches templates, and to the examples in the documentation.
- bc the concept of p5js is continuous iterations
- documentation better surface to address the prob
(Actually, not happened yet. But there are pull requests with some of these integrations awaiting to be merged with the main branch.) `(ok rephrase it not to write pull request and merge)`
