FLUID-3671 Screen reader a11y and usability issues with Progress (esp. lack of feedback for screen reader users)

[Chowdhury, Golam]

Hi Everyone,

Issues with Screen Reader:
Current progress bar does not announce the progress bar status when using NVDA2010 screen reader using Fire Fox 3.5.9 and 3.6.9.
http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-3671

Summery of our conversation in regards to finding solution for progress issue:
1. We provide a configuration option for users(implementers) to be able to customize the content of the aria-valuetext for the Progress component.
2. If an implementor doesn't provide anything for valuetext such as empty string, we fall back to using aria-valuenow. The idea here is that we let implementers choose what experience is best for their application.

Detail of our conversation:
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/fluid-work+IRC+Logs-2010-09-24

Please let us know your thoughts?

Thanks,

Golam Chowdhury
gchowdhury at ocad.ca | 416-977-6000 ext. 3962
Software Developer
Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC)
OCAD University