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Sympa Accessibility Issue - 17 - Screen reader announces the text fields as “edit blank”. #1748

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rm1-uiuc opened this issue Nov 29, 2023 · 0 comments · Fixed by #1779
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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Technology Services Accessibility Testing team conducted an Accessibility Review of Sympa on September 25, 2023 and found 26 issues that need to be fixed to make the interface accessible for visual impaired users.

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6.2.72

Installation method

Source Package

Expected behavior

Using a Screen Reader, there needs to be a clear Labels required to understand the purpose of the text field so the screen reader doesn't announce nothing.

Actual behavior

Screen reader announces the text fields as “edit blank”.

Steps to reproduce

Using a screen reader hover over any text field.

Screen reader announces the text fields as “edit blank”. Labels are required to understand the purpose of the text field.
WCAG Level A 3.3.2 Labels or Instructions

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Fig 18 Focus order issue.

Additional information

Attached is the Accessibility Review conducted on Sept 25,2023 by the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Technology Services Accessibility test team

Tech Services Review - Accessibility Evaluation Report for Sympa.pdf

@rm1-uiuc rm1-uiuc added the bug label Nov 29, 2023
@ikedas ikedas added the layout WWSympa web design label Nov 29, 2023
ikedas added a commit that referenced this issue Dec 12, 2023
WWSympa: Screen Reader needs clear labels for text fields (#1748)
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