Re: A question about immediate feedback

Hello,

You might want to set the focus to the dialog text, we had success with that in some projects to ensure that it was read - similar to the pattern of a dialog for the timeout of a session with a close/continue button. It also sounds likely that you might not be disabling the other parts of your screen with the alert/dialog of the success status. Hope those help!

Dan Horning
dsoundmn@gmail.com


> On Jun 25, 2025, at 1:44 PM, Mike Cleary <mike.cleary@grantsolutions.gov> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Does a user action like a download need to be confirmed in the immediate aftermath of taking that action? or is it acceptable if the confirmation is consistently announced, albeit after a little navigation?
> 
> We have an application where a user clicks a "Download" link on a popup form, and a second popup displays to say the download succeeded or failed. However, screen readers don't read the confirmation popup right away. 
> Browsers post their own equivalent popups about the download, which seem to compete for focus. Screen readers read the browser confirmation in Firefox, but don't manage to read those confirmations in Edge or Chrome.
> If the download works, the focus ends up on original Download link (per SC 3.2.2). When that popup form with that link is closed, screen readers always read the popup confirmation next.
> 
> Is it a problem that the screen reader doesn't always provide immediate feedback?  Or is WCAG 2.0 satisfied because the screen reader always eventually gets there.
> 
> Please advise.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
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