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Re: Accordion on iOS

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From: allyssa jessicon
Date: Nov 30, 2022 3:59AM

Hello Steve,

Can you help me reproduce it? I couldn't find an accordion in Photos, my bad!

On 11/30/22, Steve Griffiths < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> The similar browse feature in Photos has accordions that VoiceOver announces
> correctly as collapsed or expanded, so it's not a general issue with
> VoiceOver.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve 🐾
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> allyssa jessicon
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> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Accordion on iOS
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> Hello Priti,
>
> I am wondering how could this fail WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value as the OS
> itself does not support the expanded state announcement, Isn't this more of
> a user agent bug/limitation?
>
> On 11/10/22, Priti Rohra < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> Hi Allyssa,
>>
>> In Files>Browse> Location, Favorites, Tags ... VoiceOver announces
>> "Location button heading collapsed, double tap to expand". However,
>> when I double-tap it expands the items below but the change in state
>> "expanded" is not announced by VoiceOver.
>> I am using iPhone 10 with iOS 15.5.
>> Yes this is certainly a WCAG failure as per sc 4.1.2 at Level A.
>> I have not come across similar implementation on another native app
>> so can't comment about that.
>>
>> Always BPositive!
>> Priti Rohra
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/10/22, allyssa jessicon < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> Below is a confusion I have for years, It seems that VoiceOver on an
>>> iOS does not announce expanded state. Go to Files -> Browse and try
>>> expanding any of the elements such as Location, Fav, Tags etc. with
>>> VoiceOver turned on and I could hear my screen reader does not
>>> announce the expanded state. Is this same for other apps as well? I
>>> am talking on the ground of native apps not the web UI to be specific
>>> and if it does support, not announcing the expanded and or collapsed
>>> state would fail WCAG?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Allyssa.
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