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Hanging Indent in Rise
Yes its just CSS (style) information, screen readers disregard indent and padding styles.
Thanks. I need something that gets them to read the indent.
Oh, I've never heard of that on the web. Can you point us to a document on the web that does indicate a negative indent to screen readers? To be clear, all the text is read as normal paragraph text to screen readers.
I don't have a specific example now. But, for example, when we tested with the NVDA screen reader a Rise module with citations the indent was not read just the text. We need something that tells users that there is an indent so they get the accurate citation details without missing any.
Screen readers won't read any of that by default, and it's by design. You wouldn't want the screen reader always reading every single indent in every paragraph of an entire book, it would drive you mad.
In terms of universal design, why not include text at the beginning of the module or page that describes the hanging indent and that all citations in this module/page have a hanging indent? That would benefit all users.
There's also a way to do CSS that would read that information to a screen reader but not appear visibly. I'm not sure if it can be done within Rise or not, but here's that general information - https://webaim.org/techniques/css/invisiblecontent/
