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Re: Text not read by screen reader on first focus.

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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Jan 18, 2023 1:17AM

Hi Kevin,

Have you ruled out the possibility that it may be a screen reader bug?

In some cases name, role, and value may all be exposed correctly but a screen reader may not read them due to a bug in the screen reader, not a fault of the coding. This would not be a WCAG failure (arguably, notwithstanding the Accessibility Supported issue).

What's in your dropdown? If it's a menu and the first item is a menuitemcheckbox or menuitemradio and if you are using NVDA, then you will get the behaviour you describe due to an NVDA bug.

Mark

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WebAIM] Text not read by screenreader on first focus.

Excellent - value is the bit I was struggling to find.
Kevin Prince
Product Accessibility & Usability Consultant

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