No visible text on button, but needs text for screen reader?

Question

I have a WinForm app that has a button with a background image. There is no text for the button. It just has a 'refresh' symbol on it.

Since there's no text, a screen reader can't "see" the button to indicate what it is. When I add text, though, it's over the image and looks terrible.

Is there a way in a WinForm app for a button to have hidden text visible to the screen reader, but not to the user?

Answer 1

In the properties of the button, there is an Accessibility section.

You can set the following property: AccessibilityName

I tested with a screen reader on windows 10 and it used that field when hovering over a button.