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Updated my sortable tables post.

It now notes that NVDA, JAWS, Narrator, and VoiceOver / iPadOS will announce when you sort a table column.

That means VoiceOver on macOS and TalkBack do _not_ announce a sort.

Dramatically better than when I wrote it in 2021 yet still utterly inadequate.

adrianroselli.com/2021/04/sort…

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Sortable Table Columns

An accessible sortable table is not necessarily the same as a usable sortable table. Outline: Basics Let The User Know This Thing Has Sorted Screen Reader Announcement Sort Arrows Column Background Column Background via Let The User Know This T…
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Pitermach
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I happen to catch this while browsing on the Mac OS 15 beta, and it looks like Apple has addressed this at least partially. VoiceOver won’t say anything when you press the button so you still need the live region for that, but if you move off and back onto the button it will say something like “Author, button, sort down/up.” Mac OS 15.1 in Safari.
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Adrian Roselli
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@pitermach I hope it’s coming. It’s so frustrating to have to keep a live region for it on desktop. Even more frustrating to be inconsistent with its own mobile platform.
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