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From: Kelly Ford
Date: Aug 3, 2023 12:49PM

Hi,

Does anyone know of an example of a web-based editing experience that works well with inserted images or other non-text content? By works well I mean the following:


1. If using a screen reader in the mode necessary for editing, you can detect the presence of the image or other item when moving through the document. For example, if I have NVDA with browse mode off the following should happen.

1. When I press left/right arrow, I should reach an item that indicates it is the image. Ideally, the indication would use the alt text, if present, or else some image indication.

In trying different online experiences, I'm finding more often than not, some ARIA-Live announcement gets triggered wen focus moves onto the image today.