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make help as alt-text a part of the language files of limesurvey  
Written by onderzoekspraktijk the 2 Nov 10 at 01:06. Related project: 1.x all. New

The alt text is read aloud when someone fills in a survey using a screen-reader. It is standard "Help"; which is slightly irritating when it is repeated with lots of wuestions.
So I want to change it to: nothing (i.e. silence), or something like "Information about this question:".

I tried changing the text Help inside the translation file, but that does not change anything.
The alt-text can be changed inside common.php.
Search for:
$line=str_replace("QUESTIONHELP", "".$help, $line);

Change the text after alt=

Save the file and that is it.
You can find common.php in the root of your limesurvey install.

However: watch out when you update. This can cause your changes disappear.

Mazi thinks it would be useful to be able to also change these text by editing the translation, what do you think?!
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Solution #1: Bring alt-text for the help-image to the translation files
Written by onderzoekspraktijk the 2 Nov 10 at 01:06.
Now the alt-text is hard-coded in the common.php file.

I really do not know how much work it is to change that and make it a part of the translation files.

If it is technically do-able it would be a refinement of Limesurvey to actually do it!
And it deliver be a better situation for all people that (have to) use a screenreader.

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Choose bar chart instead of pie chart when you want to  
Written by onderzoekspraktijk the 19 Nov 09 at 23:49. Related project: 1.x all. Implemented
Any question that totals to 100% gets a graphic representation in the form of a pie chart.
I tried to change the code to make it possible to choose a bar chart instead.
I did this because the pie chart is terrible to intepret when it depicts more than 3 variables. It sure looks nice, but it does not convey information in a nice manner: it flabbergasts.
(This link tells it much better than I ever could:http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/08-21-07.pdf)
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Selected solution (#1): chart chooser parameter in the survey fields on top of each survey
Written by onderzoekspraktijk the 19 Nov 09 at 23:49.
Of-course more importantly it needs some coding of the used software. I tried it but it is beyond me.

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