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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 30 October 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/October-30%2C-2025-Agenda)### Review agenda and next meeting dates

- Requests for changes to agenda?
- Next AT Driver Subgroup meeting: Monday November 17?
- Next CG meeting: Wednesday November 5

### 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. [Tabs with Automatic Activation](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/tabs-automatic-activation)
2. [Tabs with Manual Activation](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/tabs-manual-activation)

Ready for testers to review:

1. [Checkbox Example (Two State)](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/checkbox)
2. [Switch Example Using HTML Checkbox Input](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/switch/examples/switch-checkbox/)
3. 24 Automated report updates

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

- [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 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[Switch](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/switch)Not StartedNot Started[Switch Example Using HTML Button](https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg/patterns/switch/examples/switch-button/)Not StartedNot Started[Toggle Button](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/toggle-button)approvedIn review[Vertical Temperature Slider](https://aria-at.w3.org/data-management/vertical-temperature-slider)Not StartedNot Started### App release 1.22

- Test stats are now highlighted
- New ARIA and HTML reports
- Improved abilities to clean up test queue
- [See all the details in aria-at-app/CHANGELOG.md at development · w3c/aria-at-app](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at-app/blob/development/CHANGELOG.md#1220-2025-10-30)

### Issue 1590: Failure to detect conflicts after editing previously generated reports

- [Issue 1590: Failure to detect conflicts after editing previously generated reports](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at-app/issues/1590)
- When will it be OK to resolve the hidden conflicts?

### 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: 
  - runs by Isabel and Joe complete
  - [1 conflicting JAWS result](https://aria-at.w3.org/test-queue/518/conflicts)
- VO: \* Run by Joe complete; Run by Dean in progress. No conflicting results.
- NVDA: Report complete.

### Feedback on plan for tabs with manual activation

[Issue 1318: Feedback: "Navigate backwards into a tab list to a tab that is not selected" (Tabs with Manual Activation, Test 2, Command "'Up Arrow then Up Arrow then Up Arrow' (virtual cursor active)", V25.10.20)](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1318)

### Running tests for Switch Example Using HTML Checkbox Input

- JAWS: Run by Joe complete; Run by Murray in progress.
- NVDA: Run by Joe complete; Run by Dean in progress.
- VoiceOver: Run by Joe complete; Run by Dean in progress.

### Running plan for Checkbox Example (Two State)

- JAWS: Run by Joe complete; need one more tester.
- NVDA: Run by Joe complete; need one more tester.
- VoiceOver: Run by Joe complete; need one more tester.

### Updating reports to latest screen reader versions

- 5 VoiceOver automatic updates need manual review.
- Action Menu Button Example Using aria-activedescendant: 
  - Completed by Elizabeth, thank you!
  - Matt: Revise shift+j verdicts to be untestable
  - Matt: finalize.

### Request for change to alert test plan

[VoiceOver for macOS Changes Requested: "Trigger an alert" (Alert Example, Test 1, V24.04.26) for Candidate Report · Issue #1316 · w3c/aria-at](https://github.com/w3c/aria-at/issues/1316)

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