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Screen reader not announcement (Link "8c9c37e") in Version label is not descriptive
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Description

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Navigate till Visual Editor
  2. Navigate till help icon
  3. Navigate to 8c9c37e" link.
  4. Observe that screen reader doesn't not announce version label in a descriptive way.

Actual Results:
Screen reader announcement of Link "8c9c37e" not descriptive.

Expected Results:
Screen reader announcement of Link "8c9c37e" is descriptive.

Event Timeline

Change 572943 had a related patch set uploaded (by Akinwale-microsoft; owner: Akinwale-microsoft):
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Fix: non descriptive announcement of version no. When user navigate to the version number, the screen reader only narrates the hexadecimal number associated with the version label without providing context about what this number represents

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/572943

Change 572943 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Fix: non descriptive announcement of version no.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/572943

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