aria-live attribute (aria)
Screen reader support level: partial (38/45)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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About this feature
Indicates that an element will be updated, and describes the types of updates the user agents, assistive technologies, and user can expect from the live region.
Age of results
Results across all tests for this feature range from 7 months ago to 3 years ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Failing and partial results are between 7 months ago and 7 months ago.
Expectations
What are expectations?
Screen Reader support by expectation
Voice Control support by expectation
| Expectation | Dragon Naturally Speaking | Voice Access (Android) | Voice Control (iOS) | Voice Control (MacOS) | Windows Speech Recognition | Windows Voice Access |
|---|
| Chrome | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Chrome |
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| Not applicable |
Expectation: announce changes to the live region
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will automatically announce the live region as long as aria-live is not set to "off".
Expectation: convey the off value by not announcing changes to the live region
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will not announce changes to content within aria-live="off".
Expectation: convey the polite value by not interrupting the current announcement
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will changes to content within aria-live="polite" after other announcements finish.
Expectation: convey the assertive value by interrupting the current announcement
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will announce changes to content within aria-live="assertive" as soon as those changes are made and interrupt any current announcements, or announce it immediately after the current announcement but before anything else in the announcement queue.