alt text of images not read in live regions

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Reported by jnurthen on 2013-07-03 18:24
When I change the alt text of an image in a live region the text isn't read out by NVDA. This is the same whether I simply modify the alt text or remove and insert a new image into the live region.

Please find the testcase attached. The add to cart button works fine but the add to cart (Image) button does not

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Attachment standalone.html added by jnurthen on 2013-07-03 18:25
Description:
Testcase for aria-live issue with image alt text

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Comment 1 by jteh on 2013-07-04 01:01
According to spec, alt text should be considered as part of aria-relevant="text". I guess this means we'll have to get the name for accessibles without text. I'm not sure what Mozilla fires in terms of events in this case. I guess we'll have to watch for name change events. Ugly.

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Comment 2 by jnurthen on 2013-07-04 03:17
I think the event is getting fired. If I add aria-atomic to the live region then the rest of the text in the live region gets read when I update the alt text, just not the alt text. Hopefully this isn't as difficult to fix as you fear!

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Comment 3 by Michael Curran <mick@... on 2014-01-15 06:26
In [945e731]:

IAccessible2 live region support: collect name and or description for nodes that don't have usable text. Also watch for name and description changes if relevant is text. Re #3329

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Comment 4 by Michael Curran <mick@... on 2014-01-16 05:24
In [57834c0]:

Merge branch 'ia2LiveRegionImprovements' into next. Incubates #2640, #3329.

Changes:
Added labels: incubating

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Comment 5 by Michael Curran <mick@... on 2014-01-31 01:56
In [00dca13]:

Merge branch 'ia2LiveRegionImprovements'. Fixes #2640, #3329

Changes:
Removed labels: incubating
State: closed

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Comment 6 by mdcurran on 2014-01-31 01:58
Changes:
Milestone changed from None to 2014.1