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How do screenreaders read headers in Rise?
Do the header blocks in Rise translate to H1 and H2 for screen readers? It looks like it's more simple, just header and subheader. I have been thinking of the lesson title as H1, a header as H2, and ...
Phil, you are correct the 'paragraph with heading' block produces an H2, and the subheading block is an H3. The H1 exists in two places- on the cover page (course title) and then each lesson title is also h1.
Just talked to my teammates about this. Does anything happen to this when lesson headers are turned off?
I started thinking about that also, I assumed this option would remove the lesson title H1 altogether. But it doesn't, the lesson title is still there in the code. A parent element around the H1 is set to opacity:0. So it still takes up visible blank space, its just hidden to sighted users. I'm pretty sure a screen reader would read the H1 as usual. Kind of strange.
My experiments with a couple readers gave me the H1 each time.