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Re: NVDA and auto-switching of reading modes

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From: Lucy Greco
Date: Nov 20, 2015 5:06PM

are you sure that the over lay does not have the role of application
witch is why this should normally happen and yes the default for nvda is to
let the user know the mode has changed with sounds

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 4:52 AM, _mallory < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 04:20:48AM -0600, Joe Chidzik wrote:
> > I can see to potentially resolve this would be to simply change the
> button to a link, which shouldn't invoke focus mode, but don't want to
> suggest this if it is not necessary.
> >
> Semantically I would argue this cannot be a link. It performs a
> scripty function on the page (button) instead of navigating to
> a URI (link).
>
> I think it's a setting, but I get various sounds/beeps when switching
> between modes.
>
> _mallory
> > > > >



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