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Screen reader fails announcing about the group name associated with suggestions available while navigating along the suggestions. #2041

Open msftedad opened 1 year ago

msftedad commented 1 year ago

Description

Screen reader fails announcing about the group name associated with suggestions available while navigating along the suggestions.User with visual impairment who rely on screen reader will face difficulties if associated group name is not announced by screen reader.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Open https://www.fast.design/ URL.
  2. Navigate to link ‘Documentation’ and invoke it.
  3. Navigate to button 'Search' and invoke it.
  4. Search for any keyword and navigate to suggestions available.
  5. Listen to screen reader announcement.

Live reproduction:

Associated label is not announced .webm

https://github.com/algolia/docsearch/assets/93735775/5545de2b-09ea-4a42-afbb-43fa8bb56463

Expected behavior

Screen reader should announce about the group associated with suggestions available while navigating along the suggestions.

i.e., When user enter the suggestions group, screen reader should announce as 'and along .

Environment

OS Ver: 25324.1011 Edge Ver: 112.0.1722.23 (Official build) dev (64-bit) URL: FAST

msftedad commented 9 months ago

Hi Team, Is there any update on this?

randombeeper commented 3 months ago

Hi @msftedad , I've never used a screen reader before. Which one are you using or which one do you recommend I use to test this?

msftedad commented 3 months ago

@randombeeper, Issue is repro'ing with all the Screen readers Narrator, JAWS, NVDA.Thanks