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Re: mathml in nested div with role=button not read by Jaws

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From: taylor arndt
Date: Sep 15, 2020 12:28PM

Mike,
I looked at your content. I noticed that NVDA reads the math and has no issues.
I would suggest maybe putting the aria role as button. I am not sure
if this will help?
Please feel free to contact me off list if you need to.
Thanks
Taylor

On 9/15/20, Mike Warner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been banging my head on this for a few days, but am not making much
> progress. In our online courses, we have review questions after some of
> the more difficult assignments, These questions are multiple choice, with
> each choice being a div with role=button. With that role, JAWS doesn't
> read the math, but reads the rest of the text just fine. When I remove
> that role, the math is read as expected. I tried using an
> aria-role=switch, but that also made Jaws not read the math. Anyone else
> come across this? I'd really like to leave the entire answer choice div
> clickable for a good user experience.
>
> The following link will take you into a demo course with just this
> assignment.
> https://www.mindedgecollege.com/acl.php?56A8ECD8
>
> Thanks all! This is driving me batty!
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Warner
> Director of IT Services
> MindEdge, Inc.
> > > > >


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