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Thejeswar
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1 year ago

Power BI Report Accesibility Options

Hi All, I have been exploring on implementing accessibility in to my reports. There are few things I got to know that can be done for improving accessibility of the reports which I will mention bel...
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freginier
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1 year ago

Hey there!

 

Here are some possible solutions for you!

1. Enable Keyboard Navigation for Reports
Ensure that Tab Order is correctly set up in Selection Pane.
Go to View > Selection Pane
Arrange elements in the correct reading order for keyboard navigation.

 

2. Use "Show Data" Instead of "Show as Table"
Besides Show as Table, you can enable "Show Data" so that screen readers can read the entire dataset behind a visual.
Right-click on a visual → Select "Show Data".

 

3. Activate the Narrator Mode in Power BI
Windows Narrator can read titles, values, and descriptions of Power BI visuals.
Press Windows + Ctrl + Enter to launch Narrator.
Ensure that Power BI accessibility mode is enabled (in Options > Report Settings).

 

4. Leverage "Alt Text" for Custom Readouts
You can manually describe visuals by adding Alt Text:
Select a visual → Click Format Pane → Alt Text → Enter a meaningful description.
This ensures that screen readers announce insights instead of just object names.

 

Hope one of these solutions helps you! 

 

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    Thejeswar
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    1 year ago

    Hi freginier ,

    Thanks for the points. As you may see in my question, I am already implementing all of these.

    My question is very specific to screen readers reading into the data in the report visual when using Tab navigation.

     

    If you know of something that can be done with this, It will be great!

     

    Regards,