area with aria-label attribute Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

area with aria-label attribute doesn’t work in some screen readers.

Help

  • VoiceOver iOS 16.6 with Safari iOS 16.6 on iOS 16.6.1 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. It is possible to find them by minesweeping, but there are no audible cues to tell the user they're missing links.
  • VoiceOver iOS 15.6 with Safari iOS 15.6 on iOS 15.6 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. It is possible to find them by minesweeping, but there are no audible cues to tell the user they're missing links.
  • VoiceOver iOS 14.7 with Safari iOS 14.7 on iOS 14.7 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. It is possible to find them by minesweeping, but there are no audible cues to tell the user they're missing links.
  • VoiceOver iOS 13.3 with Safari iOS 13.3 on iOS 13.3 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. It is possible to find them by minesweeping, but there are no audible cues to tell the user they're missing links.

Applicable standards

  • VoiceOver iOS 16.6
  • VoiceOver iOS 15.6
  • VoiceOver iOS 14.7
  • VoiceOver iOS 13.3

Change history

  • 6.42 Oct 2021 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccCompat-area-aria-label