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Re: What's The State Of Support For Screen Readers And CSS-generated Content?

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From: Bryan Garaventa
Date: May 26, 2022 2:40AM

Thanks, my sense of time is a bit screwy. 😊


Bryan Garaventa
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When I looked into this back in 2015, the only browser not to support exposing content generated using the before/after selectors as part of the accessible name for links, was IE. Otherwise all browsers on all platforms with the common screen readers on each platform did.
https://tink.uk/accessibility-support-for-css-generated-content/

Note: the test case linked from that post has disappeared. I'll restore it as soon as I have a few minutes.

Léonie.


On 26/05/2022 00:51, Bryan Garaventa via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm not sure about the best way to keep up with this, but CSS content has been supported now for several years that I am aware of.
>
> This is part of the W3C AccName spec, and it is directly added to the accessibility tree within Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
>
> This is why screen readers pick it up. Visual ARIA uses this technique to display all discovered ARIA roles and attributes on the page.
>
> All the best,
> Bryan
>
>
> Bryan Garaventa
> Principal Accessibility Architect
> Level Access, Inc.
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> Hi,
> I just ran across some CSS-generated content that I could read in Chrome with JAWS and NVDA. That's what prompted the question of the subject of this message. How are things with this, and what is the best way to keep up with such things so I can avoid giving bad advice?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim H
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