Mirlo: not possible to click the Buy button with a screenreader

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Hey dear Mirlo folks :slight_smile:

So I finally took the plunge and uploaded my first album to Mirlo today, which felt very nice :slight_smile:

And I actually managed the unthinkable and attracted a new listener with my announcement post on sonomu. But there was a problem: Apparently with her screenreader (she’s blind) it’s not possible to actually click the “Buy” button.

(cf: SoNoMu ; German only – sorry)

Don’t know if this is the right place to mention it, but I thought I’d mention it somewhere before it gets lost.

Keep up the really great work, it’s nice to see this growing as a platform!

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Made a ticket for this and tried to do some debugging. I think this might be a keyboard accessibility issue and have a fix idea, but not sure.

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Replying here instead of GitHub for more visibility.

I took a quick look on macOS Safari with VoiceOver + keyboard navigation. There are two Buy buttons. The first is on the release page, for me it got announced and was keyboard-interactive. That button displays a modal dialog with the second Buy button inside. The problem I encountered is that the modal dialog doesn’t receive focus, which I think causes two issues:

  1. The modal dialog is not announced, so it’s unclear what the next step is
  2. I had to tab through the rest of the release page in the background before getting to the second Buy button. At that point I was able to get to the Stripe checkout page.
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Hi @schall_und_stille, thanks for the report. We released an improvement for this. Now when you open any dialog across Mirlo, the dialog’s contents can be navigated with keyboard and screenreader. This includes the Buying dialog, where the Price field and Buy button can be found.

Let us know if you (or anyone) comes across other issues. We’re aware of other accessibility improvements, surely there are more, and I plan to continue working on them. If you’re inclined, you can also file issues on GitHub.

I hope that person ended up getting a hold of your incredible album. I listened to it while working on this issue and decided to treat myself once fixed :slight_smile: (using a screen reader of course). Thank you for doing what you do.

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Hey @timglorioso, that is so totally awesome of you. Thank you very much for taking care of this issue… and thanks for listening to my music :slight_smile: It means a lot to me. :heart:

(the person who originally encountered the problem eventually got the album with the help of her husband; so all is well there as well :))

Once I’ve rid myself of my epicondylitis and flu I’ll continue uploading my back catalogue to (and, of course, preach the gospel of) Mirlo! Thank you, too, for doing what you do :blush:

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