Chrome M92 Accessibility Engineering Release Notes
Kara Booker
Hi everyone,
Chrome version 92 comes with a number of accessibility fixes and improvements across platforms. Here are some of the notable updates in this milestone, with links to relevant bugs and code changes when available for reference.
Highlights
Added Point Scanning which allows switch access users to click anywhere on the screen by first selecting a horizontal range and then selecting a vertical range. This enables users to use Switch Access on screens with no focusable items (e.g. maps, games) or use switch access more efficiently on screens with too many focusable items. (Change 2686813, Change 2580139, Change 2450924)
All Platforms
As required by ARIA and CORE-AAM, an unnamed role="region" is no longer mapped as a landmark. (Change 2831133, Bug 840819)
Improved accessibility when navigating to flags anchor links in chrome://flags. Specifically, screen readers will start announcing the flag name on such direct navigations. Currently, no message is announced by screen readers. Also, keyboard only users will be able to navigate the page starting from the flag on such direct navigations. Currently pressing "tab" brings the focus back to the top of the page. (Change 2831264, Bug 991423)
Live Caption:
Improved multitasking capabilities by making Live Caption a top-level window. (Change 2814858, Bug 1196968)
Improved braille support on MacOS and ChromeOS devices. (Change 2862282, Change 2830890, Bug 1191091)
Scaled the Live Caption bubble width proportional to the text size. (Change 2819939, Bug 1197873)
Fixed a bug where focus was moved to the Windows UI whenever Live Caption would hide. (Change 2880515, Bug 1191512)
DevTools
Fixed keyboard shortcut workflow in Layers tool. (Change 2895462, Bug 1205279)
Fixed pressed / not pressed screen reader announcement for ToolbarSettingToggle. (Change 2889472, Bug 1208035)
Added screen reader announcements when setting/removing DOM breakpoints. (Change 2817910, Bug 1197611)
Chrome OS
Fixed a bug where the ChromeVox announcement during device setup was given, even after the user had closed the dialog. (Change 2874781, Bug 1205216)
Added a link to the ChromeVox tutorial in the Chrome OS accessibility settings page. (Change 2860506, Bug 1183904)
Dictation listens for longer, keeps listening after finalized text, and allows profanity. (Change 2880807, Bug 1200667, Bug 1198199, Bug 1186851)
Indented settings rows for accessibility feature options pages. (Change 2824118, Bug 1198340)
Select-to-Speak can now use touch to make selection on the primary display. (Change 2837347, Bug 1199966)
Fixed Autoclick scroll location drawing and Select-to-Speak mouse selection on external monitors. (Change 2836232, Bug 1199395, Bug 794653, Bug 616793)
ChromeVox and Switch Access work on secondary displays. (Change 2838505, Bug 616793, Bug 893752)
ChromeVox
Fixed an issue where ChromeVox would fall silent when navigating through a table in Google Docs. (Change 2880880, Bug 1203840)
Fixed a bug in the tutorial where the progress sound never stopped playing. (Change 2847445, Bug 1146231)
ChromeVox announces the keyboard name when changing input method via Control + Space. (Change 2806127, Bug 1129690)
ChromeVox gives more concise phonetic readings in Japanese. (Change 2807393, Bug 1195393)
ChromeVox no longer announces “alert”. For example, "Alert, caps lock on" will be announced as "caps lock on". (Change 2854429, Bug 1203348)
ChromeVox filters out repeated alerts. (Change 2891220, Bug 1199884)
ChromeVox will provide dialog summaries that don't get in the way of speaking the current control in some instances. (Change 2822818, Bug 1198743)
ChromeVox will restore focus in some places when mixing touch exploration and key commands. (Change 2904286, Bug 1210517)
ChromeVox no longer gets stuck when navigating on some sites. (Change 2844918, Bug 1126521)
Improved accessibility of tables with ChromeVox. (Change 2819681, Bug 1137540)
Remove "x" from accessibility accelerator confirmation dialogs. (Change 2902180, Bug 1191538)
ChromeVox now supports output of a hint for horizontal menus and menu bars when annotated with aria-orientation. (Change 2867328)
ChromeVox will not play the same earcon when it is already playing. (Change 2860577)
Improved accessibility of tables with ChromeVox. (Change 2830296, Bug 1137540, Bug 1198477)
Fixed ChromeVox crash that occurred when navigating certain documents with braille mode enabled. (Change 2884218, Bug 1203840)
Show a confirmation dialog before first darkening the screen. (Change 2837290, Bug 1191538, Bug 1200484)
Linux
Assistive technologies on Linux will be notified when an ARIA menu is opened or closed and can use this information to update state and/or present the change. (Change 2642354, Bug 1171433, Bug 1171433)
Mac
Assistive technologies on macOS will be notified when an ARIA menu is opened or closed and can use this information to update state and/or present the change. (Change 2642354, Bug 1171433, Bug 1171433)
Windows
Improved responsiveness of TableView with a screen reader. (Change 2819682, Bug 1190155)
Report correct omnibox state after collapse event. (Change 2891750, Bug 1206293)
Android
Added experimental support for aria-touchpassthrough on Android. (Change 2872736, Bug 1169823)
- Fixed audible cues for Talkback users when navigating into the suggestions list in the omnibox. (Change 2824024, Bug 1184336)
| Kara Booker | | Google | | Chrome & Chrome OS Accessibility Program Manager |
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