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Re: Text not read by screenreader on first focus.

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From: glen walker
Date: Jan 16, 2023 7:53PM

Sounds like 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#name-role-value)

If the label of the dropdown is announced, then it passes the "Name" part.
If the element is read as a "dropdown" or "combobox" (or similar), then it
passes the "Role" part.
It's the last part, the "Value" of the dropdown that doesn't sound like
it's being announced until you change the value. That would fail.