microsoft / microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat

Screen reader is announcing questions as toggle button off for every question which is confusing to the screen reader users.

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area-accessibility Bot Services bug customer-reported
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Description

Is it an issue related to Adaptive Cards?

No.

What is the PWD impact?

Screen reader users will be confused on interacting with the questions if they are being announced as toggle buttons.

What browsers and screen readers do this issue affect?

Windows: Edge with Windows Narrator

Are there any code-based customization done to Web Chat?

No, I am using Web Chat without any customizations except "styleOptions".

What version of Web Chat are you using?

Latest production

Which area does this issue affect?

Others or unrelated

What is the public URL for the website?

https://servicesuat.microsoft.com/#/opdashboard/

How to reproduce the issue?
  1. Hit the URL https://servicesuat.microsoft.com/#/opdashboard/
  2. Tab till iris bot icon in the header section and press enter.
  3. Iris bit welcome screen will be displayed.
  4. Tab till top questions for your role and press enter.
  5. Start Narrator and tab till first question and observe the announcement.
What do you expect?

Screen reader should announce as button as announcing toggle button can be confusing to the screen reader users.

What actually happened?

Screen reader is announcing questions as toggle button off for every question which is confusing to the screen reader users.

Environment Details:

Do you have any screenshots or recordings to repro the issue?

11059099A11y_Intelligent Support_Iris bot_Top questions for your role_ScreenReader.webm

Did you find any DOM elements that might have caused the issue?

No response

MAS reference

MAS 1.3.1 – Info and Relationships

WCAG reference

No response

WAI-ARIA reference

No response

Adaptive Card JSON

No response

Additional context

No response

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First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the issue at the provided Resource360 Dashboard URL using Edge with Windows Narrator, then inspect how the top-question controls are exposed to assistive technology. The issue names no source files or tests; done means each question is announced as a button rather than a toggle button, with the behavior verified against the reported reproduction steps.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
accessibility, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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