- From: Murphy, Sean <SeanMichael.Murphy@team.telstra.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:16:18 +0000
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sorry, catching up on emails. From Android version 9 from memory, heading type (role) is now supported. The voice assist Samsung screen reader does not support this new type, talkback does. Sean Murphy | Accessibility expert/lead Digital Accessibility manager Telstra Digital Channels | Digital Systems Mobile: 0405 129 739 | Desk: (02) 9866-7917 www.telstra.com This email may contain confidential information. If I've sent it to you by accident, please delete it immediately -----Original Message----- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2020 7:13 PM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Questions: Android native app testing [External Email] This email was sent from outside the organisation – be cautious, particularly with links and attachments. On 10/02/2020 19:39, Sailesh Panchang wrote: > 2. Sometimes that an element is a heading or a button is conveyed via > android:contentDescription. As a result the item is not discoverable / > navigable using a selection via TalkBack's local context setting. This > in effect impairs the ability to use a documented accessibility > feature so is an accessibility failure directly transgressing a > requirement for software accessibility IMO. However, "Don't include > the type of UI element in the content description" is merely noted as > a best practice at > http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility/apps.html. For headings at least, I believe this was an old workaround for the time when it was simply not possible to actually convey that something was a heading any other way in native Android, and accessibility-minded devs adopted this as the least bad thing. P -- Patrick H. Lauke https://www.splintered.co.uk/ | https://github.com/patrickhlauke https://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | https://www.deviantart.com/redux twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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