# Spoiler blur not compatible with screen readers

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-blur-not-compatible-with-screen-readers/219001>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** accessibility\
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-blur-not-compatible-with-screen-readers/219001 "2022-02-21T21:32:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![dfabulich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dfabulich/32/108716_2.png) [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spoiler-blur-not-compatible-with-screen-readers/219001/1 "2022-02-21T21:32:20Z")

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Activate iOS VoiceOver, then navigate to a post containing spoiler blur, like this.

Swipe over to the text and have the screen reader read the text.

Actual: VoiceOver just reads the spoiler text, ignoring the spoiler blur.

Expected: It should have an ARIA role (button?) and an alternate ARIA reading, “read spoilers,” or something like that.

(Something similar happens in JAWS and NVDA.)

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