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Re: Voiceover ignore lang attribute

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From: Isabel Holdsworth
Date: Jun 18, 2019 4:13AM

Hi Lory,

JAWS speaks buttons and links in the language that's specified in
their LANG attribute if they have one.

Have you tried wrapping the button's text inside a <span> with a LANG attribute?

<button><span lang="fr">Bonjieur</span></button>

I don't like using hacks like this, but sometimes they're the only
thing that works.

It would be great if you could report this bug to Apple.

Cheers, Isabel

On 14/06/2019, Lory Bineau < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hello,
>
> If I set the lang attribute on an <a> tag Voice over pronounce it in the
> targeted language.
> But the same thing does not work on <button> or <input type="submit">
> You can reproduce the bug with this link:
> https://codepen.io/lbineau/pen/OYqBeY
> I don't know if it happens on other screen readers.
>
> Has anyone encounter this issue before? How to fix it?
>
> Best regards
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