microsoft / microsoft/AdaptiveCards

Need documentation/tooling in aid of accessibility for card authors

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Description

We need to make sure we have documentation (blog posts, etc.) and tooling (aclint, etc.) around accessibility considerations. For example, we should surface a warning to authors if they add an image to a card without altText. Similarly, we should describe how various elements project into the accessibility space so that authors can make reasoned choices about how to structure a card (see original problem below).

Do we have (or plan to have) a customer facing document on how to make sure your cards are accessible? This seems like something we should capture in a tips and tricks kind of way to encourage others to avoid this pitfall.

Originally posted by @RebeccaAnne in https://github.com/microsoft/AdaptiveCards/pull/4736#discussion_r485043725

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the original problem in the linked pull request discussion and the existing accessibility documentation and aclint tooling. Done means providing customer-facing guidance for accessible cards and defining tooling coverage, including a warning when an image lacks altText.

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Assessment

Domain
accessibility, documentation, tooling
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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