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area with aria-labelledby attribute Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

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

Help

  • VoiceOver macOS 15.7 with Safari 26.0 on macOS 15.7.1 when Reading: Does not voice linkes labelled with ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 15.7 with Safari 26.0 on macOS 15.7.1 when Tabbing: Reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 14.6 with Safari 17.6 on macOS 14.6.1 when Reading: reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 14.6 with Safari 17.6 on macOS 14.6.1 when Tabbing: Reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 13.6 with Safari 16.6 on macOS 13.6.0 when Reading: reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 13.6 with Safari 16.6 on macOS 13.6.0 when Tabbing: Reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 12.5 with Safari 15.6 on macOS 12.5.1 when Reading: reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver macOS 12.5 with Safari 15.6 on macOS 12.5.1 when Tabbing: Reads out filename instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY
  • VoiceOver iOS 18.6 with Safari iOS 18.6 on iOS 18.6.2 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used. Focus trap because Next Link and Read Next get stuck on first area link.
  • VoiceOver iOS 17.7 with Safari iOS 17.7 on iOS 17.7.2 when Touch: Very hard to find AREA links because image map links are not announced when reading. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used.
  • 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. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used.
  • 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. URLs read out instead of ARIA-LABELLEDBY when Next Link gesture is used.

Applicable standards

  • VoiceOver macOS 15.7
  • VoiceOver macOS 14.6
  • VoiceOver macOS 13.6
  • VoiceOver macOS 12.5
  • VoiceOver iOS 18.6
  • VoiceOver iOS 17.7
  • VoiceOver iOS 16.6
  • VoiceOver iOS 15.6

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-labelledby