UPDATE: Upon reviewing aria-atomic=true, I realise it has to do with ensuring the entire section is read out, not just the parts that change. For example, if we see "Slide 0 - Reading here" and "Slide 1 - Reading here", without aria-atomic true, a screen-reader might just read "1" since that's the only part of the message that changed.
In Short: Recommend that we try including the aria-atomic="true" on the slideshow. Would still recommend extensive screen-reader testing to see how this affects the slideshow (e.g. will it read out everything every single time, will it be irritating, etc.)
Siteimprove is assuming the play button on the slideshow is associated with an error and is recommending the addition of aria-atomic=true so that assistive tech will read out the full error.
As this is not related to an error container, technique ARIA 19 does not apply.
Would recommend doing extensive screen-reader testing if we try to get rid of this Siteimprove Error (e.g. it can become very irritating if your screen-reader is constantly reading out the full slideshow text every time it changes).
UPDATE: Upon reviewing aria-atomic=true, I realise it has to do with ensuring the entire section is read out, not just the parts that change. For example, if we see "Slide 0 - Reading here" and "Slide 1 - Reading here", without aria-atomic true, a screen-reader might just read "1" since that's the only part of the message that changed.
In Short: Recommend that we try including the aria-atomic="true" on the slideshow. Would still recommend extensive screen-reader testing to see how this affects the slideshow (e.g. will it read out everything every single time, will it be irritating, etc.)
Siteimprove is assuming the play button on the slideshow is associated with an error and is recommending the addition of
aria-atomic=trueso that assistive tech will read out the full error.As this is not related to an error container, technique ARIA 19 does not apply.Would recommend doing extensive screen-reader testing if we try to get rid of this Siteimprove Error (e.g. it can become very irritating if your screen-reader is constantly reading out the full slideshow text every time it changes).