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EmmaSpencer-d12
Community Member
6 years ago

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...
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StevenBenassi
Staff
3 years ago

Hi Brandy!

Sorry to hear the JAWS screen reader is not announcing your triggered slide layers!

Just to clarify, are you interacting with the button layers via the keyboard and yet the screen reader is not announcing the text? Or were you expecting the layer to be automatically read by the screen reader as soon as the trigger activates? 

It would be helpful to see a screen recording of the behavior, or the .story file itself so we can test the behavior on our end. Feel free to upload a copy here in the discussion or privately through a support case.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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BrandySims
Community Member
2 years ago

I have a course that is about to go live and at the moment will not pass 508 compliance.
Background: I have a course in Rise360 with 1-storyline block. 
Issue: For starters, the screen reader skips past my storyline block altogether.
Additionally, once inside the storyline block, and you select the button, the slide layer is not accessible to screen readers when button is clicked.

Any help on this is greatly appreciated.