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WAI-ARIA Support in Telerik UI for Blazor Chat

Updated on Aug 26, 2025

Out of the box, the Telerik UI for Blazor Chat provides extensive accessibility support and enables users with disabilities to acquire complete control over its features.

The Chat is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and Section 508 requirements, follows the Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) best practices for implementing the keyboard navigation for its component role, provides options for managing its focus and is tested against the most popular screen readers.

ARIA Roles

role="log" for the message list
role="textbox" for the input area
role="button" for actionable elements (send, upload, speech-to-text)

ARIA Attributes

aria-live for dynamic message updates
aria-label and aria-labelledby for descriptive labeling
aria-disabled for disabled actions

Section 508

The Chat is fully compliant with the Section 508 requirements.

Testing

The Chat has been extensively tested automatically with axe-core and manually with the most popular screen readers.

To report any accessibility issues, contact the team through the Telerik Support System.

Screen Readers

The Chat has been tested with the following screen readers and browsers combinations:

Environment	Tool
Firefox	NVDA
Chrome	JAWS
Microsoft Edge	JAWS

For details on how the keyboard navigation works in Telerik UI for Blazor, refer to the Accessibility Overview article.