# Attempts Remaining Text Hidden from Screen Reader Users **URL:** \ **Category:** General Help\ **Tags:** accessibility\ **Created:** [August 6, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/attempts-remaining-text-hidden-from-screen-reader-users/3777 "2025-08-06T13:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Melissa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/melissa/32/2350_2.png) [@Melissa](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Melissa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/attempts-remaining-text-hidden-from-screen-reader-users/3777/1 "2025-08-06T13:31:49Z")
Hi there, We have recently had an accessibility audit done on our courses, and an issue was flagged about the “X Attempts Remaining” text underneath activities. It was not a problem with NVDA, but was an issue with JAWS, and may be an issue with other screen readers. I don’t fully understand the issue as I do not use screen readers, but this is what they said: “The text X attempts remaining which appears once users have submitted answers to the multiple choice questions, has an aria-label applied to its parent div and the actual visible text hidden from screen readers using the aria-hidden attribute. However, aria-label is not supported on divs, so this means that the text will be ignored by some screen readers. Recommendation: Remove the aria-label and the aria-hidden attributes so that the visible text can be exposed to screen readers as it is to sighted users.” Is there a way to fix this? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Leathes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/matt_leathes/32/586_2.png) [@Matt\_Leathes](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Matt_Leathes)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/attempts-remaining-text-hidden-from-screen-reader-users/3777/2 "2025-08-06T14:47:44Z")
Hi @Melissa - can I ask if the course being audited was published some time ago? The reason I ask is that I changed the way the attempts display works back in November last year - specifically in response to our accessibility auditors having flagged an issue with the accessibility of the ‘attempts remaining’ text… Re-publishing the course should resolve this issue. ---
**Author:** ![Melissa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.evolveauthoring.com/melissa/32/2350_2.png) [@Melissa](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/u/Melissa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.evolveauthoring.com/t/attempts-remaining-text-hidden-from-screen-reader-users/3777/3 "2025-08-06T14:55:40Z")
Hi @Matt_Leathes , yes the course was published a while ago, so this makes sense. Thanks so much!