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Screen readers and layers
Hi Emma, the only way to force the screen reader to read new layers is to select the slide property that prevents the user from clicking on the base layer. This exclusivity seems to trigger the content to be read. You then have a new problem to overcome in that the base cannot be selected, and so you might have to add some duplicated items to the layer (navigation etc).
I agree that this is a little annoying. Coming from a hand coding background, we could add directive to content to force it to be read such as aria-live="assertive". The only other suggestion would be to add screen reader only instructions to let users know they must navigate down with their arrow keys to read the content.
Sam,
Thank you for this! I've been frustrated trying to test a course with layers using a screen reader. This fixed the problem.
Geralyn
Hello, can you share what you did to fix it? You said "This fixed the problem."
