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 10 months ago to 10 months ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Caution
Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 10 months ago. Consider running the associated tests and contributing results.
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".