Title: Screenreader Accessibility
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Screenreader Accessibility

 *  Resolved [new_B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/new_b/)
 * (@new_b)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screenreader-accessibility/)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for the handy plugin. Has anybody gotten it to work with a screenreader?
   It is definitely keyboard accessible as I can toggle sections open and close;
   however, when going through it with Firefox and NVDA, when I tab through, I do
   not hear any info that shows that the section can be toggled; hence, I don’t 
   hit “enter” and I miss the rest of the content.
 * I’ve noticed techniques on the web that uses <button>…tags
    [http://heydonworks.com/practical_aria_examples/#progressive-collapsibles](http://heydonworks.com/practical_aria_examples/#progressive-collapsibles)
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 *  Plugin Author [Baden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baden03/)
 * (@baden03)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screenreader-accessibility/#post-7098688)
 * can you share a link to the page you are testing?
    we are very interested in 
   barrier free accessibility, and a surprised to hear your screen reader is not
   reading out the title tag at the very least.
 *  Thread Starter [new_B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/new_b/)
 * (@new_b)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screenreader-accessibility/#post-7098697)
 * Thanks for the quick reply. I decided to include custom code using [http://a11y.nicolas-hoffmann.net/hide-show/](http://a11y.nicolas-hoffmann.net/hide-show/)
   as it uses <button> tags which toggle open and close. If JS is disabled, all 
   content is shown.
 * The test page that I originally had is just typical output from using the plugin.
   With NVDA ([http://www.nvaccess.org/download/](http://www.nvaccess.org/download/))
   and Firefox, tabbing through, I get the collapsible heading read out but the 
   screenreader just reads it, without indicating that it is selectable/expandable/
   collapsible.
 * On another note, here is some reference regarding “title” attributes. They cannot
   be depended upon as it depends on screenreader settings:
    [https://silktide.com/i-thought-title-text-improved-accessibility-i-was-wrong/](https://silktide.com/i-thought-title-text-improved-accessibility-i-was-wrong/)

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 * Last reply from: [new_B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/new_b/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/screenreader-accessibility/#post-7098697)
 * Status: resolved