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Re: JAWS/IE 11 not announcing aria-live regions?

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From: Don Raikes
Date: Sep 7, 2019 12:09PM

Greg,

I have noticed the same problem with JAWS 2018/2019 and firefox 60.8.0esr.

The only thing I have been able to do to improve the situation is to add the aria-atomic="true" attribute to the aria live region. Oh and I was using aria-live="aggressive" not "polite".
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Jellin < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Saturday, September 7, 2019 9:38 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: [WebAIM] JAWS/IE 11 not announcing aria-live regions?

Hi all,

I'm working with a client on a carousel issue where JAWS (2019)/IE11 is not announcing aria-live (polite) regions. I've tested a bunch of aria-live set ups on that combo and I'm noticing that it is very inconsistent. Does anyone have any insight on this? Is there a way to ensure that JAWS/IE11 will reliable announce aria-live?

Even the WAI Aria Best Practices 1.1 carousel example fails:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.w3.org_TR_wai-2Daria-2Dpractices-2D1.1_examples_carousel_carousel-2D1.html&d=DwICAg&c=RoP1YumCXCgaWHvlZYR8PZh8Bv7qIrMUB65eapI_JnE&r=RSYNyNFr7Oj1BRE0qW_8pVA2z0qhUeWtOTBuXmZp9uE&m=ud0Z4yaAg0IluIS6A7rwPtOxMRUbUPhBl1DTTdFcVTM&s=FgzluoG-J2Lj5OvNdFrvDgoIhkruRfus8IzLD0rUKDw&e=

Thanks!

Greg