Re: aria-valuetext and MacOS 13?

Hi Folks,
I am following up on this question I asked on Dec 20, 2022. 

Our team investigated further this issue of aria-valuetext not being spoken when using VoiceOver in MacOS 13.

The exact issue seems to be that if VoiceOver is reading content from an aria-valuetext change and then gets interrupted by an aria-live=polite alert, VoiceOver will stop reading all aria-valuetext for that component until you navigate away from it and return.
Our understanding of the W3 specification is that aria-live=polite should “announce updates at the next graceful opportunity, such as at the end of speaking the current sentence or when the user pauses typing.”

My interpretation of the above is that aria-live=polite might interrupt aria-valuetext, but it should not stop reading all aria-valuetext for the input element when an interruption happens.

Could someone on this list clarify how aria-valuetext and and aria-live are supposed to work together? I was reading the information in the WAI-ARIA 1.2 specification <https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#aria-live>.

We have submitted a Safari bug to Apple, but I am also interested in understanding exactly how aria-valuetext and aria-live are expected to work together in general.

Thanks in advance for any shared insights,

Taliesin

> On Dec 20, 2022, at 8:30 PM, Taliesin Smith <talilief@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hey folks,
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> Has anyone on this list noticed that aria-valuetext on input type range is no longer being spoken by VoiceOver in the latest MacOS 13.x?
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> This is a very serious issue. It basically makes slider interactions inaccessible to VoiceOver users.
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> If anyone has any insights on this bug. It would be greatly appreciated.
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> Taliesin
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