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Sympa Accessibility Issue - 12 - Widgets must have a label #1771

Open rm1-uiuc opened 7 months ago

rm1-uiuc commented 7 months ago

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Technology Services Accessibility Testing team conducted an Accessibility Review of Sympa on September 25, 2023 and found 26 issues that need to be fixed to make the interface accessible for visual impaired users.

Version

6.2.72

Installation method

Source Package

Expected behavior

Widgets must have an Accessibility label on them. A label associated with a element with a widget role ensures that information about the widget is spoken by screen readers when it receives focus.

Actual behavior

Currently Sympa Widgets do not have an accessibility labels on them for a screen reader to read.

Steps to reproduce

Sympa Accessibility Issue - 12 - was determined by an Automation Tool Evaluation using AInspector and Siteimprove Accessibility Checkers as automated accessibility evaluation tools.

After running these automation tools the following issue was identified:

Widgets must have a label. Also, the label for elements with a widget roles on a page must sufficiently describe its purpose. A label associated with a element with a widget role ensures that information about the widget is spoken by screen readers when it receives focus. Labels that are sufficiently descriptive make it possible for people to understand the purposes of elements with widget roles on the page.

WCAG Level A 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Primary)

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Additional information

Attached is the Accessibility Review conducted on Sept 25,2023 Tech Services Review - Accessibility Evaluation Report for Sympa.pdf