Describe a diagram in words for learners who do not see it

A structured nonvisual description of a diagram with an equivalent relationship task.

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Gemini: extracts the table, then drafts the description

Gemini extracts a relationship table from the image, then drafts the description and task. You correct each stage.

  1. You

    Get ready

  2. Gemini

    Extract the table

  3. You

    Correct the table

  4. Gemini

    Write description, task

  5. You

    Correct and finish

  1. Have ready: diagram, objective, arrow meaning

    Use: You

    The food-web diagram, the lesson objective and your explanation of what the arrows mean. Keep the original image for comparison.

    Check

    Check only the needed diagram and objective context enter the assistant.

  2. Extract the node-edge relationship table

    Use: Gemini

    Upload the diagram image and ask Gemini to extract the node-edge relationship table with directional links.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: Draft diagram relationship table with directional links. Here is an image of a food-web diagram, our lesson objective, and what the arrows mean in our teaching convention. List every node (organism) and every directional relation exactly as drawn, as a table: source node, arrow direction, target node, what the arrow means. Mark any arrow you do not read with certainty instead of guessing.

  3. Compare each relation with the image

    Use: You

    Compare every extracted relation with the image and correct the table against what the objective requires.

    Check

    Check the upload worked, no relation was skipped and every direction matches the drawing.

  4. Write the description and equivalent task

    Use: Gemini

    Ask the same chat to write the ordered nonvisual description and an equivalent relationship task from the corrected table.

    Details

    What to paste into the tool

    Task: Draft structured nonvisual description and equivalent relationship task. From the corrected relationship table, write an ordered description of the food web that a learner who does not see the diagram can follow: introduce the whole, then walk each chain in a fixed order, separating decorative detail from relations the objective needs. Then write a task that assesses the same directional relationships and is answerable entirely from the description.

  5. Correct the description and task, then finish

    Use: You

    Correct the description and task against the original image, objective and arrow convention. Fix reading order and unseen-feature dependencies.

    Check

    Check all nodes and directions against the original image. Read the description and answer the task without visual references; separate decorative detail. Get specialist or user review; do not claim accessibility compliance from generation alone. Region-level citations are unconfirmed by the cited quote. The teacher may add manual figure or region references when checking the table.

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Tools in this workflow

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Final check

In every path the accessibility teacher compares every extracted or typed relation with the image before drafting begins.

In every path the teacher confirms the task is answerable without sight and assesses the same directional relations as the diagram.

No path claims accessibility compliance from generation alone; the named specialist reviews the result.

Check the result against your original inputs. Approve it before sharing or acting.

What still needs checking
  • Arrow-direction fidelity is not vendor-confirmed by any tool; the teacher's comparison against the image is the control on paths A and C.
  • Region-level image citations are unconfirmed by the cited evidence; the teacher can add manual figure or region references.

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