About Narrator
Narrator is a light-duty screen-reader utility that is included in Microsoft Windows. Narrator reads dialog boxes and window controls in several basic applications for Windows. Narrator is included with every copy of Microsoft Windows, and it provides a measure of access to Windows without the need to install additional software as long as the computer includes a sound card and speakers or headphones.
Symptoms
Consider the following scenario:
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You browse to a website by using an immersive mode in Internet Explorer 11.
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The website has articles together with images.
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You click the read button to enable the reading view feature.
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You run Narrator to read the alternative text for images.
In this scenario, Narrator reads the html elements (such as div, br).
Resolution
Update information
To resolve this issue, install the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To do this, go to Microsoft Update.
For technical information about the most recent cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, go to the following Microsoft website:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspxNote This update was first included in security update 2975687.
For more information about security update 2975687, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
2975687 MS14-037: Cumulative security update for Internet Explorer: July 8, 2014
Status
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.
References
See the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.
