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Re: does talkback should announce a UI control as a button

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From: Laura Fathauer
Date: Jun 23, 2020 6:41AM

I don't know about the programming aspect of it; but yes, TalkBack
should still be able to announce to a user what the role of an element
is. Otherwise the user either won't know that the element is
interactive, or if, it it has an incorrect role, they won't know the
proper interaction.

Laura

On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 7:16 AM konstantin galiakhmetov
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> i can not understand how talkback should announce custom controls.?
>
> For example when i am testing web page i am sure that a custom button
> implemented using <div> must have the role attribute and must be
> announced as a button but when i am testing a native android application
> i am doubting. If We have a custom button that is inherited a simple
> view talkback does announce this control as a button and i do not know
> it is bug or no.
>
>
> sincerely Konstantin.
>
> > > >