Every page needs a level one heading

[Paul-Clue]

Where To Find Bug

The editor

Expected Behaviour

The screen reader should announce a level one heading at the beginning of each page, according to WCAG best practices.

Actual Behaviour

The screen reader announces whatever heading level that was coded first in the page. If the first header level is not level one, then screen reader users will have a harder time absorbing the page's content.

Steps To Reproduce

• Open https://scratch.mit.edu/ in any browser on your computer
• Turn-on your screen reader of choice
• Start tabbing through the page until the screen reader announces the level of the first heading in tab focus
• Notice that there is no level one heading at the beginning of the page. Hearing the screen reader announce the level one heading helps screen reader users to understand a few things. One is that they are at the top of the page. The level one heading also lets them know what the main idea of the content of the page is about.

System Details

macOs Ventura, Chrome Browser, VoiceOver (AT)

[benjiwheeler]

FWIW, the replication instructions here don’t seem to describe a gap between user experience expectation, and user experience reality. Maybe replication instructions aren’t the right approach for this type of issue?