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Screen reader is narrating ‘AIRT’ as a word instead of narrating as abbreviation.
Is it an issue related to Adaptive Cards?
No.
What is the PWD impact?
Visually challenged users who rely on screen readers are getting impacted if Screen reader is narrating ‘AIRT’ as a word instead of narrating as abbreviation.
What browsers and screen readers do this issue affect?
Others
Are there any code-based customization done to Web Chat?
No, I am using Web Chat without any customizations except "styleOptions".
What version of Web Chat are you using?
Latest production
Which area does this issue affect?
Others or unrelated
What is the public URL for the website?
https://airtuserexpdev.azurewebsites.net/Dashboard
How to reproduce the issue?
Step 1: Open the URL: https://airtuserexpdev.azurewebsites.net/Dashboard in Edge Browser->SAGE chat window will display. Step 2: Turn on NVDA and navigate through the page. Step 3: Verify whether Screen reader is narrating ‘AIRT’ as a word instead of narrating as abbreviation or not.
What do you expect?
NVDA should announce ‘AIRT’ as an abbreviation instead of narrating as word.
What actually happened?
Screen reader is narrating ‘AIRT’ as a word instead of narrating as abbreviation. Since screen reader is pronouncing as a word, user would not understand the meaning and would miss out the significance of the text.
Do you have any screenshots or recordings to repro the issue?
Did you find any DOM elements that might have caused the issue?
No response
MAS reference
No response
WCAG reference
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/meaning-located.html
WAI-ARIA reference
No response
Adaptive Card JSON
No response
Additional context
No response
#A11yMAS;#A11ySev3;#MAS1.3.1;#HCL;#Accessibility;#FeatureBotframeworkwebchat-Apr23;
Bot author should change the text in a way that the screen reader will say A.I.R.T. Web Chat has no control on the message.
