- From: Elizabeth Pyatt <ejp10@psu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:25:47 -0400
- To: "Gies, Edward M. (ELS-DAY)" <Ted.Gies@elsevier.com>
- Cc: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
One option could be include the text “blank” as white on white or some sort of hidden text. It could be styled to have an underline or a visible bottom border via CSS. Most screen readers do ignore this type of punctuation by default. My two cents Elizabeth > On Sep 27, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Gies, Edward M. (ELS-DAY) <Ted.Gies@elsevier.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We are working on a LMS system with fill in the blank questions. > The particular type of fill in the blank is a simple variety where the user reads the text with the blank followed by a reveal the answer button. > > As an example, this sentence shows a blank using 4 underscores: > > The best approach for providing visually hidden text is ____ because it uses modern standards and supported across browsers. > > Within the HTML we are using underscores to visually render the blanks within each sentence. > These underscores are not read at all by JAWS 17 or NVDA using default verbosity settings. > > Does anyone have a good approach for providing a text equivalent? My first thought was to put in a CSS hidden word for “blank” right before the underscores. > > Thanks, > Ted =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Elizabeth J. Pyatt, Ph.D. Instructional Designer Teaching and Learning with Technology Penn State University ejp10@psu.edu, (814) 865-0805 or (814) 865-2030 (Main Office) 3A Shields Building University Park, PA 16802 http://www.personal.psu.edu/ejp10/psu http://tlt.psu.edu
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