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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.
Hi Sam,
What do you mean by "Screen-reader only instructions"? Is this some special way of interacting with a screen reader or do you mean just add a text box that says "navigate down with arrow keys to read the content that just appeared on the layer"? Won't all learners see this though? That's a lot of real estate if you have multiple layers. Thanks