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Re: Alert on search results update

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From: glen walker
Date: Jun 25, 2023 2:33PM

This is mostly a UX question, although the part about having instructions
to let the user know that results will be updated immediately could satisfy
WCAG 3.2.2. Keep in mind that those instructions could be beneficial to
many users, not just screen reader users, so consider having them visible
rather than offscreen.

Having an aria-live region to announce the result changes could become
quite verbose, as you noted, although if you use a "polite" region and you
update the text in rapid succession, often times the earlier updates get
tossed and you only hear the last one, but I suspect that varies by
platform and screen reader.