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From: Vaibhav Saraf
Date: Jun 19, 2024 8:34AM

Hi Ajeesh,

This is the expected behaviour actually. Intentionally implemented by
Google to provide a logical break between the announcements. You won't be
hearing these commas, only seeing them in captions, the screen reader gives
a logical pause with them and it inturn helps in a
better understandability for the users.

Thanks,
Vaibhav





On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 at 03:40, Ajeesh Thomas < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks and regards,
> Ajeesh Chacko Thomas,
>
> S M E Web/Apps Accessibility Testing
> IBM Consulting, Bangalore
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>
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