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Screen readers and layers
I am working on a project that we are testing for accessibility using NVDA and JAWS. A lot of the information we are providing is using buttons that reveal layers.
The problem we are having is t...
still not resolved, so some input here if anyone knows anything would be helpful. It seems, that the layer 'fault' is still there as per the first post. I can't get NVDA screenreader to read a layer at all (unless it's Dialogue - which I can't use as the buttons on the base layer aren't active).
I'm wondering if a cheat would work? My layer text is short, if I added this as alt text to the button, or a hidden graphic, could that be a solution?
Or, should layers be avoided for this reason altogether and instead we jump to another slide, or work with text blocks with state of hidden/normal? All seems to be getting very complicated