Why doesn't VoiceOver announce read-only text areas?

Read-Only textarea fields doesn't announce its read-only state with mac screen reader. Mac treats read-only textarea field as editable and do not announce the status of the field as dimmed or read-only to accessibility users. Its causing confusion to accessibility users to assume the field as editable.




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MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)

Posted on Apr 2, 2025 8:35 PM

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Apr 6, 2025 5:37 PM in response to Sowmya_B

Re: Voiceover Bug with Read-Only textarea fields


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Why doesn't VoiceOver announce read-only text areas?

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