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docs: specify the screen reader versions that are supported #11449

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docs: specify the screen reader versions that are supported#11449
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P1: urgentUrgent issues that should be addressed in the next minor or patch release.a11yThis issue is related to accessibilityhas: Pull RequestA PR has been created to address this issuetype: docs
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opened on Sep 17, 2018

Bug, enhancement request, or proposal:

Proposal

What is the expected behavior?

In addition to specifying the supported browsers, the docs should specify the screen readers that we support.

What is the current behavior?

We build "accessible UI components" but we don't specify any further details.

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

There needs to be guidance on which screen readers we can support. This is partially due to incompatibilities between different versions and partially due to our limited resources to support a wide range of screen reader products (each significantly different).

The proposal is the support the last 2 major screen reader versions. This means the following

  • JAWS 18 and 2018
  • NVDA 2017.4 and 2018.2
  • VoiceOver macOS High Sierra and Mojave
  • VoiceOver iOS 11 and 12
  • Android Accessibility Suite 6.1 and 6.2

Which versions of AngularJS, Material, OS, and browsers are affected?

  • AngularJS: All
  • AngularJS Material: 1.1.11+
  • OS: Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
  • Browsers: IE11, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari

Is there anything else we should know? Stack Traces, Screenshots, etc.

This proposal is inline with the recommendation that we received from the Google Accessibility team to support the "last two major versions".

We've seen some recent bugs opened up by users of JAWS 17 (from 2015).

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  1. Splaktar
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    P1: urgentUrgent issues that should be addressed in the next minor or patch release.
    on Sep 17, 2018
  2. Splaktar
    added this to the 1.1.11 milestone on Sep 17, 2018
  3. Splaktar
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    on Sep 17, 2018

  4. Splaktar commented on Sep 19, 2018

    @Splaktar
    Splaktar
    on Sep 19, 2018
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    It's probably needed that we define which version of the WAI-ARIA spec we will follow. The 1.0 Spec from March 2014 seems to be fairly well supported across screen readers where as the newer 1.1 Spec from Dec 2017 is only moderately supported on the latest screen readers (and not working at all on older versions of those screen readers, like JAWS 17).

    I think that for AngularJS Material it probably makes sense to follow the 1.0 Spec and leave it to Angular Material to worry about supporting 1.1+.

  5. Splaktar
    modified the milestones: 1.1.11, 1.1.12 on Sep 25, 2018
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    modified the milestones: 1.1.12, 1.1.13 on Jan 3, 2019
  7. Splaktar
    modified the milestones: 1.1.13, 1.1.14 on Feb 10, 2019
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    modified the milestones: 1.1.14, 1.1.15 on Mar 14, 2019
  9. Splaktar
    removed this from the 1.1.15 milestone on Mar 29, 2019

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    modified the milestones: 1.1.19, 1.1.21 on May 30, 2019
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    modified the milestones: 1.1.23, 1.2.0 on May 5, 2020
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    modified the milestones: 1.2.0, 1.2.1 on Jul 6, 2020
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    added a commit that references this issue on Sep 13, 2020

    docs(a11y): add a list of supported screen readers

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    closed this as completedin #12011on Sep 14, 2020
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