I am curious about JAWs behavior, as I am having trouble with NVDA.
Does JAWs read the "alt-text" of grouped items?
I picked up a course from a former coworker, and it has a lot of well grouped items. I attached alt-text to the groups rather than breaking the groups into their component parts. My screen reader can identify the groups, but it does not read the alt-text. Does the JAWS screen reader read the alt-text of grouped items?
Hi Pierre, The Alt text placed on the Group is read by JAWS and so it can be used to describe a group if necessary. In most instances, I'm grouping elements just for organising in the authoring environment, and therefore I deselect "Object is visible to accessibility tools". This does not affect the objects nested within the group and the Alt text of those objects will still be read.
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Hi Pierre, The Alt text placed on the Group is read by JAWS and so it can be used to describe a group if necessary. In most instances, I'm grouping elements just for organising in the authoring environment, and therefore I deselect "Object is visible to accessibility tools". This does not affect the objects nested within the group and the Alt text of those objects will still be read.
Thank you so much.
You are welcome!
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