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Screen Reader and Button States
I've tested quiz questions and NVDA does indicate which of the quiz choices has been selected. However, I just found out today that NVDA does not indicate the state of buttons on a slide. Is this just a quirk with NVDA? Does JAWS indicate the state of buttons on a slide, as in, which buttons have been selected or visited, and which have not been selected and visited?
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Hi MelanieSobie-14 - The majority of the quizzing questions that are built in are accessible and screen readers will announce the selected state for controls like radio buttons and checkboxes. We have a bug logged that is not directly related to the accessibility checker around buttons in general and screen readers not automatically announcing the state. That's one of the reasons I thought it would be a good idea to list some of the states for objects like buttons. You need to go into "Edit States" on the object, then select the state where you need to change the alt text. Then right-click on the object, go to Accessibility, and change the alt text there. Every state can have different alt text. That way, for the selected state of a button, whatever alt text is placed there - the screen reader will announce it e.g "Selected - alt text"
