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From: Ajeesh Thomas
Date: Jun 19, 2024 1:40AM

Dear Experts,

While evaluating a native app on a Samsung S21 with Talkback Screen reader
, I observed Talkback announcing a comma (",") at the end of each heading,
, and the same happening with – Labels of Interactive controls such as
Button, Edit field etc .

For example: Heading : About us,

Button Label: Submits,

Please note - These commas are not visually present on the screen.

And also , in Test mobile - Punctuation/symbol announcement is enabled in
verbosity > Talkback settings.



Is this announcement of commas which are not visually available, is a
violation of WCAG 2.2 guidelines? , if so, which SC could be mapped ? or
such issues not covered by WCAG ?

Please share your insights in this regards.



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Thanks and regards,
Ajeesh Chacko Thomas,

S M E Web/Apps Accessibility Testing
IBM Consulting, Bangalore
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