VoiceOver for macOS Changes Requested: "Trigger an alert" (Alert Example, Test 1, V24.04.26) for Candidate Report

[cookiecrook]

Description of Behavior

Several of the subtests are written in a way that may lead inexperienced tester to assume VoiceOver is not conveying the alert role, but it is…

For example, several results are incorrectly noted as:

MAY: Convey role 'alert' … Unsupported

In this case, I would change the existing test expectation to something like:

In the case of audible testing, "Convey role alert, either through spoken role description "alert", or through the alert sound icon played simultaneously behind the spoken label."

And add a new test case for deaf-blind braille users (where audio cannot be a valid form of informative conveyance):

In the case of braille testing, Convey role alert, either through brailled role description "alert", or through braille emphasis.

• Note 1: Currently in VoiceOver, alert emphasis is conveyed dots using dots 1–8 (⣿) rendered on either side of the alert text, but this is an interface implementation detail that is subject to change and may be different between platforms or screen readers.
• Note 2: Test VoiceOver's braille rendering either through either an external refreshable display or using the VoiceOver braille caption panel.

Both of the above can be RFC-2119 MUST requirements with default settings...

I'm hopeful that will prevent inexperienced testers from incorrectly marking these as "unsupported."

Thanks.

Test Setup

• Test File: test-03-triggerAlert-voiceover_macos.collected.html
• AT: VoiceOver for macOS