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Interaction Options
Is there any way to have all of the possible quiz choices available to everyone, including keyboard-only users, but have some of the choices hidden from screen reader users only?
I have a freeform interaction with 18 quiz choices. In the first interaction, the user needs to select one correct answer out of the 18 choices. To make the interaction more manageable for screen reader users, I hid 6 of the choices (by unchecking 'object is visible to accessibility tools'), so they only have to cycle through 12 choices. In the second interaction, I needed to hide more, so they only have to cycle through 6 choices.
I'm using NVDA to test in Review 360, and it appears hiding some of the objects from screen reader users also removes it from keyboard-only users. Does anyone have a work-around, or another way to configure this? I have a total of 4 quiz questions based on this freeform slide I need to configure.
Thanks!
I noticed your post hasn’t had any replies yet, so I wanted to chime in. When you uncheck “Object is visible to accessibility tools,” it removes that choice from the accessibility tree. That means it’s hidden from screen readers and keyboard-only users, since they both rely on that same structure. There isn’t a way to make something visible to keyboard users while hiding it only from screen readers.
A couple of ideas:
- Keep all choices available so the experience is consistent for everyone.
- Break the interaction into smaller sets (e.g., fewer choices per slide) to reduce navigation.
- Check whether all 18 options are needed—if only a handful are valid, consider simplifying the interaction so it’s more usable for everyone.
I look forward to ideas from others here on how they would accomplish this.
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I noticed your post hasn’t had any replies yet, so I wanted to chime in. When you uncheck “Object is visible to accessibility tools,” it removes that choice from the accessibility tree. That means it’s hidden from screen readers and keyboard-only users, since they both rely on that same structure. There isn’t a way to make something visible to keyboard users while hiding it only from screen readers.
A couple of ideas:
- Keep all choices available so the experience is consistent for everyone.
- Break the interaction into smaller sets (e.g., fewer choices per slide) to reduce navigation.
- Check whether all 18 options are needed—if only a handful are valid, consider simplifying the interaction so it’s more usable for everyone.
I look forward to ideas from others here on how they would accomplish this.