When using Safari and a screen reader (such as Mac Voice Over), content deletion is not properly announced. When typing in an input, it is expected that a screen reader will announce each character (and word) as they are typed and also does the same for deletion. Instead, the screen reader only works with Lexical's contentEditable when going left-to-right and it simply goes silent when deleting words and characters from the input. It also does not always announce the first (and sometimes second) character after a deletion. This is an accessibility problem for visually impaired users who rely on screen readers and assistive technology to navigate.
Bug Description
When using Safari and a screen reader (such as Mac Voice Over), content deletion is not properly announced. When typing in an input, it is expected that a screen reader will announce each character (and word) as they are typed and also does the same for deletion. Instead, the screen reader only works with Lexical's
contentEditablewhen going left-to-right and it simply goes silent when deleting words and characters from the input. It also does not always announce the first (and sometimes second) character after a deletion. This is an accessibility problem for visually impaired users who rely on screen readers and assistive technology to navigate.Lexical
contentEditablehttps://github.com/facebook/lexical/assets/31071014/9a2185dc-db9b-481f-86a6-6c800602da1d
Vanilla
contentEditablehttps://github.com/facebook/lexical/assets/31071014/f1dbf65b-0bad-48e1-9e99-e1213d9893af
Lexical version: All
Steps To Reproduce
The current behavior
Screen readers using Safari cannot hear content being deleted.
The expected behavior
The screen reader should announce all characters like shown in this example: https://github.com/facebook/lexical/assets/31071014/5e7c280b-227a-46a2-b73a-2a288e3bd64a