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RiaFernandez
8 years agoCommunity Member
Screen Reader Accessibility for Button States
Hi there,
I'm having some trouble implementing accessibility for my Pick Many activities. Screen readers do not seem to recognize the difference between a Normal state and a Selected state of a bu...
MariaCS
Staff
Hi, Susan.
I did a test with the alt text on two different states, and here's a short (less than 1 minute) recording of what I experience with JAWS.
Let me know if this answers your question!
SusanNabonne304
4 years agoCommunity Member
Thanks for taking the time to do this. I was not clear in my comment. I meant AUTOMATICALLY with editing the alt text for the state. In other words, it does not seem to read the built in state such as "visited, or "selected"
- LaurenConnelly4 years agoStaff
Hello Susan!
That is correct. The states aren't automatically added in the alt text for each state. I'm happy to share this with my team in the form of a feature request. I'll update you in this discussion when it's added to our feature roadmap.