Screen reader support

[Marcus]

A number of Kendo components could do with better support for screen readers, including:

• Pagination (eg in a grid): page links should read something like "Go to page 1", not just "1".
• Dialog's labelled by and close button less confusing - it currently reads the whole header row, several times in a row.
• Upload / external drop target: Upload hints are running through without a gap.
• Grid: the header is confusing noise, it reads out "table with zero rows and zero columns" (depending on grid scrolling settings)
• Date / date range inputs: reads "day/month/year" but not the field label, it's very hard to navigate the date picker.

No doubt there are more than the above.

Effective screen reader accessibility is as much about what you skip as what you add. Where possible, audio prompts should be short and clear, and not produce excess noise.

[Petar]

Hello, Marcus.

Thank you for the constructive feedback about the accessibility improvements we can add to the different Kendo UI components. I can agree that there are things we can improve in terms of accessibility.

The good news is that we are currently in a period of an ongoing effort for improving the accessibility of all our components. In a period of several months, you can expect big updates and differences in terms of accessibility functionality.

I will also share your feedback with our Accessibility team. They will furhter apply the needed changes where this is compatible with the official accessibility specifications. 

Please let me know if there is something else related to the current thread that we can help you with.

Regards,
Petar
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[Marcus]

Thank you Petar, it's good to know that improvements are ongoing.

[Petar]

You are welcome, Marcus! The accessibility improvements will be announced in our future release notes.