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Google autocomplete does not announce to screen readers #48

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@BryceStevenWilley

On the "What is your address?" page, the Google Places autocomplete suggestions that appear as the user types are not announced to screen reader users.

The Google Places autocomplete widget generates a dropdown of address suggestions that is not announced to screen readers. This is largely a limitation of the Google Places JavaScript library rather than something MLH controls directly. A common workaround is to add an "aria-live=polite" region that announces when suggestions are available (e.g., "3 address suggestions available, use arrow keys to navigate"). Some implementations of Google Places autocomplete have addressed this with custom ARIA announcements. See this example of an accessible autocomplete pattern: https://alphagov.github.io/accessible-autocomplete/examples/

(See A11Y-23)

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