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Number of Multi-Bar Rest not spoken by Screen Reader
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Description
Issue type
Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)
Description with steps to reproduce
When multi-bar rests are being used the screen reader does not state how many bars the rest is, it just says "multi-bar rest bar" followed by the bar/beat of where it begins. The number of bars is not spoken.
STEPS:
- Create a score with some bars of notes and some empty bars at least 2 empty bars in a row.
- Press Ctrl + Shift + M to Toggle Multi-bar rests on.
- With a screen reader such as NVDA enabled use arrow keys to move on to the multi-bar rest and notice it does not speak the number of bars.
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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.7.2
Regression
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Operating system
Windows 11 with NVDA
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