Screen readers don't read movement hint
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 50
- Forks
- 8
- Avg merge
- 18h 24m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 11
Description
Describe the bug
On using NVDA or the likes, the zoom instructions when scrolling across the map are not read. There may be some users that can visually use the map, but can't read the instructions. For those, the instructions should be read. We need to find a way to do this politely and maybe with a timeout so that scrolling around the page doesn't spam screen readers.
Expected behavior
NVDA reads the input.
Contributor guide
First steps
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Research direction
Start by locating the map's zoom instructions in the TypeScript client and checking how they are currently rendered during scrolling. Test the change with NVDA: the zoom input should be announced, while repeated scrolling should not spam screen readers and announcements should use a polite timeout.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 58/100