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Font Library: Implement audible feedback for actions that only have visual feedback #58319

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afercia opened this issue Jan 26, 2024 · 0 comments
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[Feature] Font Library [Feature] Typography Font and typography-related issues and PRs [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended

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afercia commented Jan 26, 2024

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Any non-native action that only has visual feedback must be accompanied with an audibel feedback for screen reader users.

Native actions such as, for example, selection of an item within a native <select> element already provide native accessibility.

Author-created actions aren't native. As such, the missing accessibility must be implemented via authoring.

In the Fonts modal dialog, examples of these actions are:

  • Navigation to the 'sub views' with the fonts details and back. This is not a 'native' navigation to a new resource, it's just rendering new content. When a screen reader users click a font, they won't have a clue what happened on the page.
  • Search results / noresults must be announced. Ideally, any visual and audible feedback should be debounced untile users stoop typing.
  • All the notices when installing / deleting fonts should already handle internally audibel feedback via speak messages.
  • Any other visual update / feedback and such must be announced audibly.

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As an example:

  • Use a screen reader for example on macOS use Safari and VoiceOver.
  • Go to Site editor > Styles > Typography > Manage fonts.
  • Go to the Google fonts tab.
  • Search for some term that returns some search results.
  • Observe that the search results aren't announced.
  • Search for some dummy tern that doesn't return any result.
  • Observe that there is no audible feedback about the search returning no results.

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Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

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@afercia afercia added [Type] Bug An existing feature does not function as intended [Focus] Accessibility (a11y) Changes that impact accessibility and need corresponding review (e.g. markup changes). [Feature] Typography Font and typography-related issues and PRs [Feature] Font Library labels Jan 26, 2024
@afercia afercia changed the title Font Library: Implement audibel feedback for actions that only have visual feedback Font Library: Implement audible feedback for actions that only have visual feedback Feb 9, 2024
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