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area with aria-labelledby attribute Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

area with aria-labelledby attribute doesn’t work in some screen readers.

Help

  • NVDA 2019.2 with FF68 on Windows 10 when Reading: No indication link role exists
  • VoiceOver macOS 12.5 with Safari 15.6 on macOS 12.5.1 when Reading: reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 12.5 with Safari 15.6 on macOS 12.5.1 when Tabbing: Reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 11.5 with Safari 15.0 on macOS 11.5.2 when Reading: reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 11.5 with Safari 15.0 on macOS 11.5.2 when Tabbing: Reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.15 with Safari 14.1 on macOS 10.15.7 when Reading: reads out filename
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.15 with Safari 14.1 on macOS 10.15.7 when Tabbing: Reads out filename
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.14 with Safari 13.0 on macOS 10.14.6 when Reading: reads out filename
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.14 with Safari 13.0 on macOS 10.14.6 when Tabbing: Reads out filename
  • VoiceOver iOS 15.6 with Safari iOS 15.6 on iOS 15.6 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used.
  • VoiceOver iOS 14.7 with Safari iOS 14.7 on iOS 14.7 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used.
  • VoiceOver iOS 13.3 with Safari iOS 13.3 on iOS 13.3 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used.
  • VoiceOver iOS 12.4 with Safari iOS 12.4 on iOS 12.4.1 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used.

Applicable standards

  • NVDA 2019.2
  • VoiceOver macOS 12.5
  • VoiceOver macOS 11.5
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.15
  • VoiceOver macOS 10.14
  • VoiceOver iOS 15.6
  • VoiceOver iOS 14.7
  • VoiceOver iOS 13.3
  • VoiceOver iOS 12.4

Change history

  • 6.42 Oct 2021 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccCompat-area-aria-labelledby