JAWS/NVDA reading buttons w/Visited/Selected states as "The Right Thing" regardless of alt. text/button labels

Hi Becca!

So a very nice colleague of yours, an Articulate Support engineer, relayed that we need to view and edit the alt. text for a button’s different states—a button’s alt. text in the Focus Order dialog ONLY reflects the Default state’s setting—it does NOT reflect the alt. text for the button’s other states, which can each have their own alt. text.

Thus, it is necessary and important to investigate and modify the alt. text for the different button, icon, etc. states in an interaction. To do this:

1. Click Edit States for the slide that contains the button or buttons.
2. Select the state you want to edit. On the slide, right-click the button for the selected state.
3. In the shortcut menu that appears, click Accessibility.
4. Make sure the alt. text reflects what the button or icon label reads, and then click Close.

The alt. text for the Selected state for the button in question had the offending "The Right Thing" text, which I wouldn't have seen if I'd relied only on looking at the button's Default state's alt. text, which is what I'd been doing before. A nice bit of information I learned today! :)