| Screen Reader | OS + Browser | Description Updates | Alert Update | Slider Value | Progress Bar | Result |
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Voice Over
| Firefox |  | |  | | - numerical value of slider is not read when changed, only when focused
- description updates are not read back
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| Safari | | | |  | - numerical value with value text is read
- description updates are read back but interrupts from the slider text from being read.
- alert box is not read back when aria-live is set to assertive
- progress is not read back, but can be discovered by moving virtual cursor to it.
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| Chrome | |  | | | - numerical value with value text is read
- description updates are read back only when text value has changed.
- a beep is heard, but alert box is not read back
- when alert box appears, the description does not get read back
- progress is not read back, but can be discovered by moving virtual cursor to it.
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NVDA 2015.4
| Firefox Win10 | | | | | - only numerical value for sliders being reported.
- description changes always being reported with each slider change
- when alert box is read back, but description is not.
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| IE 11 Win 10 | | | | | - Sliders are replaced with number input fields.
- There's no way to submit.
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| Edge Win10 | | | | | - numerical value for slider is read back for hand and foot
- description and alert are not read back on changes
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| Chrome Win10 | | | | | - When alert occurs Alert is read back only, not the description.
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JAWS 17
| Firefox Win10 | | | | | - numerical value for slider is read back for hand and foot
- alert is read back, but not the description.
- descriptions are not read back if aria-live on the description container is polite.
- descriptions are read back if aria-live on the description container is assertive.
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| IE 11 Win 10 | | | | | - Progress just announces numbers - without context it just sounds random.
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| Edge Win10 | | | | | |
| Chrome Win10 | | | | | - Atomic description of charge update is read back only. All other changes in description text is ignored. Example: "a small amount of negative charges" would be all that is read back.
- partial descriptions are read back if aria-live on the description container is polite.
- full descriptions are read back if aria-live on the description container is assertive.
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