- Success Criterion 4.1.3
- Conformance level AA
Auto-Rotating Carousel Slide Change With No Status Announcement
4.1.3 — Status Messages
Scenario
Setting
A hotel booking site's room-selection page
What’s wrong
Auto-rotating carousel slide changes updating visible content with no status exposure for assistive technology users.
Example
<div id="cart-status">Item added</div> <!-- silent DOM update -->Why it matters
Screen-reader users who need spoken confirmation of saves, errors, and results.
How to test
Let a carousel auto-advance with a screen reader running: if the slide change isn't exposed as a status update, it fails.
How to fix
The status text must be wired as a live region (code that makes screen readers announce updates)/status role so screen readers announce it automatically without moving focus.
<div id="cart-status" role="status" aria-live="polite">Item added</div>role="status" with aria-live announces the update to screen reader users without moving their focus.
Outcome
On a hotel booking site's room-selection page, this barrier is gone for screen-reader users who need spoken confirmation of saves, errors — they get the same result as anyone else here.
Who is affected
Screen-reader users who need spoken confirmation of saves, errors, and results.
Learn more
- Understanding Understanding document (opens in a new tab)
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