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Accessibility: Notification announcements missing
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
We've had feedback from a screenreader user that our web & desktop notifications are not satisfactory and could do wtih some improvement. One appears the be a regression.
Suspected regression:
- Notifications don't show up at call.
- Element still makes a sound so "we're not entirely lost"
- The version prior said "New notifications from im.riot.app"
Other issue raised:
- If messages are sent to the room you are in, notifications are not sent
- Users also don't get a screenreader announcement either
- This means you have to manually check the timeline for new messages
We've had this feedback before and I believe ```aira-polite``` was suggested as a fix
### Outcome
#### What did you expect?
New messages should be told via screenreader so users know whats happening
#### What happened instead?
No announcement
### Operating system
Windows (might be mac too, not tested)
### Browser information
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### URL for webapp
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### Application version
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### Homeserver
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### Will you send logs?
No
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