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Screen readers not ignoring decorative images in Rise 360
Hello! I'm working on a Rise course with some images that are decorative and need to be ignored by the screen reader.
However, when you arrow through the course with a screen reader in the published output, any images with a blank tag or marked as "" in the alt text options will either have the file name read or the following: "To get missing image descriptions, open the context menu."
Many resources I've read say that the screen reader should be skipping the image, so I'm not sure why it's still being acknowledged in this way. Any help is appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
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Hi, CharlesFolk!
Thanks for explaining what you're experiencing with your course. You're correct that adding two double quotes ("") to the alt tag text makes it null, and screen readers should skip it. Can I ask which screen reader you're using? Is this happening with multiple courses or just one?
If you're willing to share a screen recording or copy of your file, I'd be happy to do some further testing on my end.
Hello! I had the same issue in Rise; one image in a course was being referenced by the screen reader despite having "" in the alt text field. I checked formatting on that block, and found that the "enable zoom on image click" was selected. I deselected it, and the problem was solved. Sharing in case it is helpful to anyone else!
Thanks for sharing this, GailGuillard! I'm sure this will be helpful to other folks who come across this thread and are experiencing similar behavior with their screen reader. It's a quick change to modify the Zoom image formatting for an image block in Rise 360!
Enjoy the start of your week! Feel free to share future questions and discoveries in the community!
