Hi all,
Does anyone use this app on iOS device?
I'm using Yahoo Finance app on my iPhone running iOS 15.7. The stock price at the desired symbol or asset keeps refreshing but VoiceOver cannot automatically read it out. It is probably caused by the app design without aria-live feature.
Thus, I'm reporting the issue and suggesting the developer to fix it with aria-live.
Could anyone here please also make an suggestion to them?
Thanks for your attention.
Cheers,
Corsia
Comments
Be careful what you wish for
Depending on the frequency of the refresh and stock prices can be every second, you may end up with only numbers reading all the time. I'd suggest trying VoiceOver's monitor an element feature first to see how useful or annoying it is. I do not recall if there is a default gesture assigned to this command and Google isn't helping this moment. Someone else may know or take a look in the VoiceOver Commands in VoiceOver settings.
If Yahoo Finance does engage with you it should be pointed out this is probably more complicated than just adding a live region. For one we don't know if it the underpinnings are web or native. Second and more important, as mentioned, the frequency is going to be an issue. In addition to getting the dynamic update to be announced by VoiceOver, a frequency of reading setting would need to be added to the app so users can set it to their needs. Again, not a bad idea in theory but this is somewhat involved if you want to get it right and not actually make the app unusable.