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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 08 October 2025, 10:00 -11:00 America/Los\_Angeles

 Event is recurring Every other week on Wednesday, starting from 20 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/October-8%2C-2025-Agenda)### Review agenda and next meeting dates

- Requests for changes to agenda?
- Next CG meeting: Thursday October 16
- Next AT Driver Subgroup meeting: Monday October 13

### Current status

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

#### 5 plans in draft review

In progress:

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

On hold:

1. [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

- [Checkbox Example (Two State) | APG | WAI | W3C](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/checkbox/examples/checkbox/)
- [Quantity Spin Button Example | APG | WAI | W3C](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/spinbutton/examples/quantity-spinbutton/)

#### 19 plans in candidate review

PlanVisperoApple[Accordion Test Plan](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/accordion)Not StartedNot Started[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[Disclosure of Answers to Frequently Asked Questions](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/disclosure-faq)Not StartedNot 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[Switch Example Using HTML Button](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/switch/examples/switch-button/)Not StartedNot Started[Vertical Temperature Slider](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/vertical-temperature-slider)Not StartedNot Started### Question about Disclosure Navigation Menu Example

- The test queue is now showing JAWS runs for Disclosure Navigation Menu Example.
- How did they get there?
- Is this the result of a bug?

### Running Switch test plan

- JAWS and NVDA complete
- VO complete by Joe and Elizabeth with: 
  - [16 conflicting results in tests 5 and 6](https://aria-at.w3.org/test-queue/472/conflicts)
  - [Conflicts related to issue 1306: Feedback: "Request information about a switch that is off" (Switch Example, Test 5, V25.10.01)](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1306#issue-3483548434)

### Running test plan for Tabs with Automatic Activation

- JAWS: Run by Lewis complete; Run by Hadi complete; [9 Conflicting JAWS results](https://aria-at.w3.org/test-queue/447/conflicts)
- Waiting on Hadi to resolve conflicts by adding excess verbosity side effects as discussed on Sep 18.
- NVDA and VoiceOver complete.

### Running test plan for Tabs with Manual Activation

- JAWS: run by Isabel in progress; Run by Joe complete; no conflicting results.
- VO: 
  - Run by Joe complete; Run by Dean in progress; no conflicting results.
  - Needs test plan revision to resolve [Issue 1300: Feedback: "Navigate backwards into a tab list to a tab that is not selected" (Tabs with Manual Activation, Test 2, Command "'Control Option Left Arrow then Control Option Left Arrow'", V25.08.31)](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1300)
- NVDA: run by Joe in progress; need one more tester.

### Updating reports to latest screen reader versions

- 6 VoiceOver automatic updates need manual review.
- If we have people available, explain procedure.

### Issue 1521: Rename test plan directories

[Issue 1521: Rename test plan directories](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at-app/issues/1521)

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### Groups

- [ARIA and Assistive Technologies Community Group](https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/aria-at/) ([View Calendar](https://www.w3.org/groups/cg/aria-at/calendar/))

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