Test: aria-atomic test - new nodes are divs
Screen Reader support level: partial (21/22)
Voice Control support level: unknown
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- About this test
- Age of results
- Test HTML
- Dates and Versions of tested combinations
- Summary of screen reader support by expectation
- Summary of voice control support by expectation
- Detailed support tables
- History
- Related features
- Contribute and Feedback
About this test
A suite of tests for aria-atomic where new nodes are divs
Age of results
Results in this test range from 2 years ago to 2 years ago. See detailed information about test dates and versions for more information.
Caution
Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 2 years ago. Consider running this test and contributing results.
Test HTML
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Summary of Screen Reader support by expectation
Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
MUST convey the false value by only announcing content that has changed applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
MUST convey the true value by announcing all content applied to: div element | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | none | supported | supported |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of 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 | |
Not applicable |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Summary of Keyboard support by expectation
Expectation | Windows Keyboard | Mac Keyboard | iOS Keyboard | Android Keyboard | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Safari | Safari | Chrome | |
Not applicable |
* means that some support is hidden behind settings
Detailed support results by expectation
Expectation for the aria-atomic attribute: convey the false value by only announcing content that has changed - applied to the div element
This expectation is applied to the div element. Expectations and results might differ when the the feature is applied to different roles.
This expectation is from the aria-atomic attribute feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will announce only the changed content within aria-atomic="false".
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
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Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
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JAWS | Edge | yes |
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JAWS | Firefox | yes |
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Narrator | Edge | yes |
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NVDA | Chrome | yes |
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NVDA | Edge | yes |
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NVDA | Firefox | yes |
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Orca | Firefox | yes |
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TalkBack | Chrome | yes |
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Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | yes |
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VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
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Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Edge | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
iOS Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: aria-atomic attribute: convey the false value by only announcing content that has changed
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2021.2011.16 | IE 11 | yes |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Expectation for the aria-atomic attribute: convey the true value by announcing all content - applied to the div element
This expectation is applied to the div element. Expectations and results might differ when the the feature is applied to different roles.
This expectation is from the aria-atomic attribute feature.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- Screen readers will announce all the content within aria-atomic="true".
Grading method:
Just one of the listed commands must pass for the expectation to pass.
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Chrome | not applicable | - |
JAWS | Chrome | yes |
|
JAWS | Edge | yes |
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JAWS | Firefox | yes |
|
Narrator | Edge | yes |
|
NVDA | Chrome | yes |
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NVDA | Edge | yes |
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NVDA | Firefox | yes |
|
Orca | Firefox | yes |
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TalkBack | Chrome | none |
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Voice Access (Android) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (iOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Safari | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Safari | yes |
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VoiceOver (macOS) | Safari | yes |
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Windows Speech Recognition | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Speech Recognition | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Edge | not applicable | - |
Windows Voice Access | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Windows Keyboard | Edge | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
iOS Keyboard | Safari | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Extended Support for: aria-atomic attribute: convey the true value by announcing all content
These are less common combinations
AT | Browser | Has Support | Output |
---|---|---|---|
Dragon Naturally Speaking | IE | not applicable | - |
Dragon Naturally Speaking | Firefox | not applicable | - |
JAWS 2021.2011.16 | IE 11 | yes |
|
Narrator | Firefox | unknown | - |
Narrator | Chrome | unknown | - |
Narrator | IE | unknown | - |
NVDA | IE | unknown | - |
TalkBack | Firefox | unknown | - |
Voice Access (Android) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
VoiceOver (iOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Chrome | unknown | - |
VoiceOver (macOS) | Firefox | unknown | - |
Orca | Chrome | unknown | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Chrome | not applicable | - |
Voice Control (MacOS) | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Mac Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Android Keyboard | Firefox | not applicable | - |
Dates and Versions of tested combinations
AT | AT Version | Browser | Browser version | OS version | Date tested |
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JAWS | 2023.2210.29 | Chrome | 107 | Windows 11 version 22h2 | 2022-11-06 |
JAWS | 2023.2210.29 | Edge | 107 | Windows 11 version 22h2 | 2022-11-06 |
JAWS | 2023.2210.29 | Firefox | 106 | Windows 11 version 22h2 | 2022-11-06 |
Narrator | Windows 11 version 22h2 | Edge | 107 | Windows 11 version 22h2 | 2022-11-06 |
NVDA | 2022.3.1 | Chrome | 107 | Windows 11 version 22h2 | 2022-11-06 |
NVDA | 2022.3.1 | Edge | 107 | Windows 11 version 22h2 | 2022-11-06 |
NVDA | 2022.3.1 | Firefox | 106 | Windows 11 version 22h2 | 2022-11-06 |
Orca | 42.0 | Firefox | 106 | Ubuntu 22.04 | 2022-11-06 |
TalkBack | 13.5 | Chrome | 107 | 12 | 2022-11-06 |
VoiceOver (iOS) | 16.1 | Safari | 16.1 | 16.1 | 2022-11-06 |
VoiceOver (macOS) | 13.0 | Safari | 16.1 | 13.0 | 2022-11-06 |
History
- 2020-02-21 Add test and results. Thanks @straker!
- 2020-07-06 FF+Jaws results pass. Thanks @stevefaulkner!
- 2020-11-12 Added test to differentiate between the type of node that was added; div vs span
- 2021-07-15 Added Narrator results for NVDA and JAWS.
- 2022-11-06 Updates all core combinations. Slight changes in support access the board.