Questions tagged [aria-live]
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Accessibility: Page Loader indicator using aria-live
Issue: I have an accessibility issue that I am struggling with. I have an angular web application. A page loading spinner/indicator is shown when content is loading. And when the page content has loaded the spinner is hidden. This "div" is never…

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Aria-Live="Assertive" is not read by JAWS
Hello Stackoverflow community. This is my first question, but I will try to be as concise and detailed as possible.
I have been tasked with updating our ASP.NET web applications to be section 508 compliant. This is all very new to me, and I'm…

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re announce a under aria-live even if the text is same
I am implementing a search box. One of the scenarios is that the total count of results must be announced. To achieve this I put the
tag inside of an aria-live region, and it announces it as expected. Expected scenario: User types a string -->…

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Aria-Live in Firefox not read by screen reader
I am having an issue where the Screen Reader is not reading the text that changes within aria-live section in FireFox.
This is a simple example for a page where in chrome the Screen Reader reads the changes as they come in and in FireFox it does…

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Changes in aria-live area not read properly on client-side search results in Vue 2
I am building a simple client-side text search on a list of items, where I want the screenreader to read how many items are found. For example if your search return two items, I want the screenreader to announce: "Two results found". To test this I…

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trigger an aria-live region with React state
The react example below only exhibits the unexpected behavior on Firefox with VoiceOver.
Using the aria-live attribute on this p tag, I expect my screen reader to read me the text when it is updated. However, my screen reader is not reading me the…

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JAWS doesn't read dynamic content. IE11
I have a search form. When user submits form, ajax request is sent to the server. When the response comes, I update found items count value, but JAWS reads previous items count value.
To get JAWS read new content I use aria attributes and…

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VoiceOver reads content of aria-live in system language (en), even with lang="nl" applied. How to change?
I have a live region on my page. The whole page is in dutch (lang="nl" on is applied), and for most text, it all works fine. However, if I use a live region with aria-live, the text is announced in the system language, even if I put lang="nl"…

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Angular accessibility aria-live won't vocalize on "0" value
I'm willing to make an Angular component vocable for visual impairs.
The components has two buttons which add or remove 10 on the displayed value.
The displayed value is vocable for any value except when the value is "0%". I can't figure this…

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Aria and Accessibility for the dynamic page title in Angular JS
Can any one guide me how to implement the accessibility on Single Page Application? My precise question is on announcing page title and new content.
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Read label of aria-live region
I have a definition list where one of the items can change:
// Update dynamic content
setInterval(function() {
document.getElementById('dynamic-info').textContent++;
}, 3000);
- Static information
- Value 1 …

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Aria-live doesn't say label after updates
I have this piece of HTML which is updated dynamically with JS. The screen reader only reads out the new value when they get updated. It doesn't say the label of the input who was updated.
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How to set up aria-live="assertive" and role="alert" in a nested structure?
I have a big web page, and in which after a successful submission of a form, it starts showing up a success/failure message, and we want NVDA to automatically read the same as soon as Submit button is clicked. I've tried the basic recommendations to…

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Chrome sending entire element to screen reader when any change is made
At some point recently (I believe during the v80 update) Chrome has started sending the entire contents of an aria-live element to the screen reader whenever content is added. Previous to this, it used to only announce the additions. Firefox still…

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Read customized message when content updates for aria-live
If I have an element that has the aria-live='polite', but I don't want the screen reader to reads the updated content, but a customized message I provide, is it possible?
Thanks!

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