304484 - Window-Eyes does not read entire popup dialog

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: Disability Access, defect, P2)

Description

[Dan Kinnunen]

Window-Eyes does not read entire popup dialog without user initiating it.  (IE
works okay w/WE.

Steps to recreate:

Start W-E and Firefox.
1. open page with script that displays popup: http://www-306.ibm.com
/able/guidelines/web
/webscripts_content.html
2. tab to “Display the current time” button.
3. Press Enter to activate.
4. Listen to output. W-E should read entire dialog (static text).  Instead, only
reads title and button info.
(IE works okay with same build of W-E)

Comment 1

[Aaron Leventhal]

Attachment: Use ROLE_ALERT for root accessible of message boxes, simple prompts and alerts

This won't fix it completely yet, but it will make it possible for the screen
reader vendors to know the difference between a dialog and something which
should be ocmpletely spoken when it pops up. I'll talk to the screen reader
vendors about fixing it on their end.