Event Updated: ARIA and Assistive Technologies Community Group Weekly Teleconference

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 ARIA and Assistive Technologies Community Group Weekly Teleconference Upcoming Confirmed
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 21 August 2025, 12:00 -13:00 America/Los\_Angeles

 Event is recurring Every other week on Thursday, starting from 14 November 2024, until 31 December 2026

[ ARIA and Assistive Technologies Community Group ](https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/aria-at/calendar/)Weekly meeting focused primarily on generating ARIA-AT reports via manual testing. Alternates between an earlier Wednesday time one week and later Thursday time the next.

 Agenda
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[Agenda](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/wiki/August-21%2C-2025-Agenda)### Review agenda and next meeting dates

- Requests for changes to agenda?
- Next CG meeting: Wednesday August 27
- Next AT Driver Subgroup meeting: Monday September 8

### Current status

- 2025 year-end goal: TBD
- [Test plan update tracker in Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14QIhQB9ufdUdZNhb3TNZzoZkGBq0oHawft-S5pm0ioY/edit?gid=0#gid=0)

#### 7 plans in draft review

In progress:

1. [Vertical Temperature Slider](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/vertical-temperature-slider)
2. [Accordion Test Plan](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/accordion)
3. [Tabs with Automatic Activation](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/tabs-automatic-activation)
4. [Switch](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/switch)
5. [Disclosure of Answers to Frequently Asked Questions](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/disclosure-faq)

On hold:

1. [Disclosure Navigation Menu Example V25.03.06](https://aria-at.w3.org/test-review/163641): 
  - JAWS report blocked: To optimize manual tester efficiency, waiting on July JAWS update to get new behaviors.
  - Completed revisions to assertions for activate link test.
2. [Rating Radio Group Example](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/radio/examples/radio-rating/)
  - NVDA reports blocked by potential need to revise arrow key commands in test plans ([issue 1246](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1246))

#### Coming next to draft review

1. [Switch Example Using HTML Button](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/switch/examples/switch-button/)
2. [Switch Example Using HTML Checkbox Input](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/switch/examples/switch-checkbox/)
3. [Tabs with Manual Activation](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/tabs-manual-activation)

#### 15 plans in candidate review

PlanVisperoApple[Action Menu Button Example Using aria-activedescendant](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/menu-button-actions-active-descendant)In ReviewIn Review[Action Menu Button Example Using element.focus](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/menu-button-actions)Not StartedNot Started[Alert](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/alert)ApprovedIn Review[Color Viewer Slider](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/horizontal-slider)in reviewNot started[Command Button](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/command-button)ApprovedIn review[Disclosure Navigation Menu Example](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/disclosure-navigation)In ReviewNot Started[Link Example 1 (span element with text content)](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/link-span-text)ApprovedIn review[Link Example 2 (img element with alt attribute)](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/link-img-alt)ApprovedNot started[Link Example 3 (CSS :before content property on a span element)](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/link-css)ApprovedNot started[Media Seek Slider](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/seek-slider)In ReviewNot started[Modal Dialog](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/modal-dialog)ApprovedNot started[Navigation Menu Button](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/menu-button-navigation)Not StartedNot started[Radio Group Example Using aria-activedescendant](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/radiogroup-aria-activedescendant)ApprovedNot started[Radio Group Example Using Roving tabindex](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/radiogroup-roving-tabindex)In ReviewNot started[Toggle Button](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/toggle-button)approvedIn review### Running vertical temperature slider test plan

Check in ... since last week:

- NVDA conflicts resolved and report published!
- JAWS conflicts resolved and report published!
- [Conflicting VO results](https://aria-at.w3.org/test-queue/432/conflicts)
  - Needed app fix to mark command untestable. Current status?
  - Home is Untestable in Test 8: Decrement a slider to the minimum value
  - End is untestable in test 9: Increment a slider to the maximum value
  - Discuss which side effect description to use in the final report.

### Running accordion test plan

- JAWS and NVDA complete!
- [42 Conflicting VoiceOver results in Accordion V25.07.14](https://aria-at.w3.org/test-queue/419/conflicts)
  - Can be resolved withuse of the new untestable feature
  - Check status

### Running Disclosure of Answers to Frequently Asked Questions test plan

- Assign more testers
- [Issue 1282 : Feedback: "Navigate forwards to a collapsed disclosure button" (Disclosure of Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Example, Test 1, Command "'b' (virtual cursor active)", V25.08.13)](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1282)

### Running Switch test plan

- Assign more testers
- [Feedback: "Navigate forwards to a switch that is off" (Switch Example, Test 1, Command "'b' (virtual cursor active)", V25.08.19) · Issue #1287 · w3c/aria-at](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1287)
- [Feedback: "Request information about a switch that is on" (Switch Example, Test 6, Command "'Insert Up Arrow' (focus mode on)", V25.08.19) · Issue #1286 · w3c/aria-at](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1286)

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