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August 7, 2023
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Accessibility reading for references fine for one, not for multiple

  • August 7, 2023
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Hi, 

I have only just started doing accessibilty checks so apologies if this is a stupid question, but i have found if i don't reorder the reading order then the footnote at the bottom is read at the point the reference is mentioned (which, as someone who has dyselxia, seems like a great thing - i can only imagine that if you have vision problems waiting for half  page or more to hear the additional comment would be hard to remember what it is refereing to).

I have observed if there is one footnote this works fine (even if i change it from text/paragraph structure to reference structure). 

However, my issue comes when there is more than one footnote, i have observed all footnight will be read where the first one occurs. Does anyone know how i can fix this?

Is there a way to select the text some only part of a paragraph is selcted (up until the reference point) then order the reference between, then selected the next bit of text - however how could this work if it is not at the end of a line - since you selct a box not a start and finish point?

Any help on what could be done to fix this would be appreciated as i was just getting excited that the footnotes would be read when relevant (as I think my training suggested moving the order - but i think only because they didn't know the reading read it in the correct place). 
If not, i may not to change it so ll footnotes come at the end of the page for consistency, all though I can't imagine this is as accessible as when read in order.


Solutions to the issue, ot, opinions if you disagree with reading footnotes when they occur would both be appreciated. 

 

Thank you for any help!

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