Why do I need to use screen reader text?

The most common use case is when the text had been formated using things like strike. This is great for visual users, but users who are accessing content via a screen reader will not know what has happened. For example, let's say you are writting about a product and that product is normally $100 but the price is marked down to $80. This might be represented as ~$100~ $80. That is to say $100 $80. A screen reader will read "$100 $80" with no mention of the strike through. In the best case scenerio this would be written out "Was $100 now $80" but often the design will not allow the space, hence the shorthand. To fix this for screen readers, the screen reader text format can be used to include "was" and "now" so this will make more sense for screen readers.

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Screen Reader Text Format

Name: Screen Reader Text Format
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Reaktiv

Adds a screen reader only text format to the block editor.

Screen Reader Text Format ranks #12,288 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews, and was last updated Nov 15, 2024. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7 (Current: 7.1)

v1.1 Current Version v1.1

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 15 Nov, 2024

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1
Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024
Requires WP: 5.4+
Tested Up To: 6.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Reaktiv

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This plugin is for WordPress content creators and editors who use the block editor and want to properly format text for screen reader users. It adds a screen reader only text format control so text like strikethrough, insert, and bold 'important' notes can include accessible screen reader context without complicated HTML edits.

Screen reader only text format
Block editor text format control
Screen reader text for strikethrough
Screen reader text for insertions
Screen reader text for bold/important notes

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Common questions about Screen Reader Text Format

The most common use case is when the text had been formated using things like strike. This is great for visual users, but users who are accessing content via a screen reader will not know what has happened. For example, let's say you are writting about a product and that product is normally $100 but the price is marked down to $80. This might be represented as ~$100~ $80. That is to say <del>$100</del> $80. A screen reader will read "$100 $80" with no mention of the strike through. In the best case scenerio this would be written out "Was $100 now $80" but often the design will not allow the space, hence the shorthand. To fix this for screen readers, the screen reader text format can be used to include "was" and "now" so this will make more sense for screen readers.

In the block editor, most text content like paragraphs, headings, and lists have a text format toolbar. To use the tool add your text, then highlight it. This should bring up the text format toolbar. Click the down arrow and select the screen reader text format.

Once you add and hide text it may be difficult to find. Fortunately we added some highlighting to make this easier. When you are editing a block, any text that is hidden within the block or it's children will be displayed with highlighted.

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