note role (aria)
Screen Reader support level: partial (7/33)
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About this feature
A section whose content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource.
Age of results
Results across all tests for this feature range from 7 days ago to 7 days ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Failing and partial results are between 7 days ago and 7 days ago.
Expectations
Screen Reader support by expectation
| Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| MUST convey its role | supported | supported | unknown | none | none | none | none | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported |
| MUST convey its name | none | none | unknown | none | none | none | none | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported |
| MUST convey boundaries | supported | supported | unknown | none | none | none | none | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported |
Expectation: convey its role
Rationale:
Users need to be aware of the note context
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might announce an element as something like "<name>, <role>"
- A screen reader might imply the role by the presence of certain context roles
- Voice Control software might let the user say something like "click, <role>".
- Voice Control software might let the user say something like "show numbers", and interactive roles will be flagged with numbers.
Expectation: convey its name
Rationale:
convey the name of the note
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Expectation: convey boundaries
Rationale:
Users need to know when they enter and exit a note so that they can differentiate it from surrounding content.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers might announce the starting boundary by conveying the role.
- Screen readers might announce the ending boundary by conveying something like "leaving note".