wizzwizz4 3 days ago

If the screen reader were at fault, then explicitly specifying the implicit role (something that should be a no-op) would not fix the problem. It's the responsibility of web browsers to implement and expose implicit ARIA roles (see https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aam-1.0/#mapping-html-to-accessib...). Screen readers do not (in general) speak HTML, just like computer monitors do not (in general) speak CSS.

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  • cluckindan 3 days ago

    If that were true, no screen readers would work, which is not the case.

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    • wizzwizz4 3 days ago

      Have you ever used a screen reader? A lot of their failure modes are exactly as you'd expect from the model I've described: look at, for example, the differences in how definition lists are exposed to Windows Narrator between Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Edge-in-IE-mode.

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      • cluckindan 3 days ago

        You’re right, some screen readers work better with specific browsers. The article doesn’t mention anything about that, though.

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