Chalkline / Features / Accessible diagrams
Accessible by design
A picture of boxes and arrows says nothing to a screen reader. Chalkline describes what is on the board, lets you draw without a mouse, and puts a real description inside every file it exports.
Tab moves between shapes in reading order, Alt and an arrow adds a connected shape on that side, C connects two shapes, and Enter edits a label.
A live region says what is selected, its position in the reading order, and what it leads to and comes from.
Chalkline writes a plain description of the diagram, which you can edit, and stores it in SVG title and description, PNG text chunks and PDF document info.
High contrast follows your system or can be switched on, motion can be reduced, and the colour checks warn about clashes for colour blind readers.
Questions
Yes. Tab between shapes, add connected shapes with Alt and an arrow, connect two shapes with C, and edit labels with Enter.
Yes. SVG exports carry a title and a description that screen readers announce, and PNG and PDF files carry the same description.
Yes. It follows your system's contrast setting, or you can switch it on in Settings.
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