microsoft / microsoft/BotFramework-WebChat
[White Label -AudioCard]: Narrator announcing unnecessary list information when focus lands on whole audio file while navigating using arrow keys.
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Description
Is it an issue related to Adaptive Cards?
No response
What is the PWD impact?
Screen reader users encounter confusing and irrelevant announcements, disrupting the logical reading order and making it harder to navigate and understand the page content.
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?
Focus management
What is the public URL for the website?
No response
How to reproduce the issue?
Pre-Requisite:
Turn on Narrator
Repro Steps
- Open URL: https://compulim.github.io/webchat-loader/ and sign in using valid credentials.
- Navigate to web chat page and select 4.18.1-main.20240927.ea7a875 (30/9/2024) version and then select mockBot link under present label and then select open web chat in new window link at bottom.
3.Navigate to white label experience chat page and type audiocard word in type your message text box. - Response will appear.
- Navigate to the bot response using arrow keys.
- Observe an issue that Narrator announcing unnecessary list information when focus lands on whole audio file while navigating using arrow keys.
What do you expect?
In scan mode, the screen reader focus should only move to visible and meaningful elements that convey relevant content or interactivity to users. Hidden elements should be skipped.
What actually happened?
Narrator announcing unnecessary list information when focus lands on whole audio file while navigating using arrow keys.
Do you have any screenshots or recordings to repro the issue?
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3ad52b7d-6e2d-415e-98ba-5d5146fc5f5f
Did you find any DOM elements that might have caused the issue?
No response
MAS reference
No response
WCAG reference
No response
WAI-ARIA reference
No response
Adaptive Card JSON
Additional context
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Contributor guide
First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue at the linked webchat-loader URL using the specified 4.18.1-main version, mockBot, White Label experience, and Narrator. Inspect the AudioCard focus behavior while navigating with arrow keys, then verify that unnecessary list information is no longer announced and that meaningful visible elements remain accessible.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- accessibility, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100