applet with figcaption Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

applet inside figure with figcaption element doesn’t work in some screen readers.

Help

• JAWS 2020.2008.24 with Chrome 86 on Windows 10 when Reading: Nothing voiced - caption visible on screen, but not read
• JAWS 2019.1912.1 with Chrome 79 on Windows 10 when Reading: Nothing voiced - caption visible on screen, but not read
• JAWS 2018.1811.2 with Chrome 73 on Windows 10 when Reading: Nothing voiced - caption visible on screen, but not read
• JAWS 18.0.5038 with FF 52 on Windows 10 when Reading: Nothing voiced - caption visible on screen, but not read
• JAWS 17.0.2619 with FF 48 on Windows 10 when Reading: Nothing voiced - caption not read, and applet ignored

Applicable standards

• JAWS 2020.2008.24
• JAWS 2019.1912.1
• JAWS 2018.1811.2
• JAWS 18.0.5038
• JAWS 17.0.2619

Change history

• 6.55 Nov 2024 Removed - user agent obsolete.
• 5.26 Jul 2017 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccCompat-applet-figcaption