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From: Don Mauck
Date: Feb 22, 2022 6:54AM

Thanks.

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Not a screen reader user myself but yes to both. As a proxy for 'results found' I'd accept focus on the first result at a push but I'd actually expect to hear that "x results found" and then I knew the magnitude.

Kevin Prince
Kevin Prince
Product Accessibility & Usability Consultant

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Subject: [WebAIM] Search result notifications - Screen readers

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Hello -
I've a question for Screen reader users of which I am one myself, I would like other users perspective.
When searches are done and results appear underneath the filed, that suggestions, records or values, (These searches will populate as you type), would you expect to get a notification that records were found? Conversely, a notification of "nothing found"?