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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...
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!