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Incomplete Speech Output for Metronome toggle with screen reader

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Description

Issue type

Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. With NVDA screen reader enabled open a score and press Ctrl M a few times to toggle the metronome on and off.

Notice that each time you do this the screen reader just announces "Metronome" but does not say whether the metronome has been toggled on or off. Ideally this would say "Metronome On" and "Metronome Off".

In 4.5 this key press did not result in any speech. Speech should announce a change of state or an action that has happened rather than simply echo a key press function.

Supporting files, videos and screenshots

N/A

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.6.1

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

Windows 11 with NVDA

Additional context

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Checklist
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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in MuseScore with NVDA by opening a score and pressing Ctrl+M to toggle the metronome. Trace the metronome toggle's accessibility or speech announcement path; done means NVDA announces whether the metronome is on or off after each toggle.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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