HTML Canvas Accessibility: Put the Values Outside the Pixels

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:root{--bg:#f0eee8;--paper:#fffdf8;--accent:#89502f;--soft:#f5e7db;--ink:#403025}figure{margin:0}canvas[hidden]{display:none}canvas{background:#fcf6ed;border-radius:8px}</style></head><body><main><header><p class="eyebrow">Data equivalence · HTML first</p><h1>HTML Canvas Accessibility: Put the Values Outside the Pixels</h1><p class="lede">Eight known artifacts is a partial sum. Keep the unknown category visible.</p><p class="hint">Original fictional sample. Changes last only while this page remains open.</p></header><section class="panel"><h2>Named artifacts · Fictional sample</h2><p id="summary" class="result" role="status">8 known artifacts; one category lacks a count.</p><p id="coverage">Counts supplied: 3 of 4 categories.</p><table><caption>Counts of named artifacts</caption><thead><tr><th scope="col">Category</th><th scope="col">Count</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th scope="row">A · Notes</th><td>3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">B · Sketches</th><td>5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">C · Diagrams</th><td>0 · Known zero</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">D · Revisions</th><td id="revisions">Unknown · Count not supplied</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="row"><button id="supply" type="button">Supply Revisions = 2</button><button id="unknown" type="button" class="secondary">Restore unknown</button></div></section><section class="panel"><h2>Supplemental visual comparison</h2><canvas id="chart" width="320" height="300" aria-hidden="true">The complete data is in the table above.</canvas><p id="drawing" class="hint">The table above provides all chart values.</p></section><footer>Keep any records you need in your own working files. This page makes no network requests and saves no responses.</footer></main><script>
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