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Re: Scripting Question: Content Not Appearing In Screen Reader View Of Page, But Can Tab To It

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From: Amber Holladay
Date: Apr 29, 2020 11:27AM

Aria-hidden is the first thing I would look for. It will hide content from
the screen reader, but still be visible and allow TAB focus. If you have
already ruled that out, you may need to give more details on the type of
experience to get specific answers.

On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:29 AM < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> It would help to know whether the content is generated after the page loads
> or whether the content is interactive
> Perhaps this content has its CSS display property set to none.
> Jeff Gutsell
>
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> Homme
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Scripting Question: Content Not Appearing In Screen
> Reader
> View Of Page, But Can Tab To It
>
> Hi,
> Since I am not a serious developer, but can examine code, I want to know
> what might cause content to be unreadable in the screen reader view of a
> page, but can be reachable, even using a screen reader. I can't show you a
> page for various reasons, but I can tab to some links on it, but cannot
> read
> to them with a screen reader. What should I look for in the source that
> could point me to what causes this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
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