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From: Dean.Vasile@outlook.com
Date: Apr 30, 2024 12:16PM

I see that behavior a lot with NVDA. I think there are some settings. You might be able to adjust there, but otherwise it does not always speak when you perform tasks for example, if you copy text, it does not say copied, but it does do the task.
On the other hand, JAWS gives you a whole lot more feedback and rarely do you have situations where it doesn’t speak.
Dean Vasile


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> On Apr 30, 2024, at 2:12 PM, Sumit Patel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Hai all,
>
> It is really if screen reader is silent after user action .
> But, Is it a WCAG failure if there is no change on the screen after that
> action For example : Clicking Copy button copies the above sentence to
> clipboard . But, ther is no status message or any other visual clu that it
> has been copied. Similarly, after successfully submitting a form within a
> dialog closes the dialog . Here also no status message or no change on the
> page .
>
> Here in the first scenario, a Visually Impaired user would not come to know
> whether the text copied to clipboard or not unless they read the clipboard
> content. In the second scenario, keyboard focus set back to the button
> which the user initially clicked to open the dialog . They didn't get any
> message to notify them that the form was submitted successfully .
>
> Do I need to mark these scenarios as violations of 4.1.3 or just best
> practices which are good to have
>
> Would like to know your thoughts
>
> Regards,
> Sumit.
> > > >