Description
Screenreaders cannot properly read the article statistics on www.wikipedia.org because spaces are used instead of commas. I.e. "1 000 000" is read out as "one, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero, zero" instead of "one million".
This has currently been tested in Safari/VO and Chrome/VO
Suggested changes
- Update the numbers from "1 650 000+" to "1,650,000+"
- Ensure the numbers are localized correctly, ie using toLocaleString
Developer notes
- The code that needs to be updated helpers.formatNumber in hbs-helpers.global.js
Acceptance criteria
- Article statistics are read out as numbers rather than digits on major screenreader combinations