Image ARIA support data
This page is collecting data on existing accessibility support for aria-label and aria-labelledby for images. This is not comprehensive, but is intended to help understand the level of accessibility support.
People were requested to review an ARIA image test page and report back what they were able to access and what tools they used.
Basic image with aria-labelledby
Yes
Narrator 6.01 (Win 7) - Andrew Kirkpatrick
VoiceOver iOS 7.0.4 - Andrew Kirkpatrick
No
Providing a short description for a complex graphic
Yes
Narrator 6.01 (Win 7) - Andrew Kirkpatrick
VoiceOver iOS 7.0.4 - Andrew Kirkpatrick
No
Basic image with aria-label
Yes
Narrator 6.01 (Win 7) - Andrew Kirkpatrick
VoiceOver iOS 7.0.4 - Andrew Kirkpatrick
No
Image with aria-labelledby derived from multiple sources
Yes
VoiceOver iOS 7.0.4 - Andrew Kirkpatrick
No
Narrator 6.01 (Win 7) - Andrew Kirkpatrick (only reads first id referenced)
AT Vendor claims
ZoomText yes, as of 10.0.3 (June 2012)
MAGic
Lunar
JAWS Yes, as of 14 (November 2012)
Window-Eyes Yes, as of 8.0 (December 2012)
NVDA Yes, aria-label and -labelledby have been supported in FF since FF introduced support for the attributes (NVDA 2011.2 in August 2011). In IE these are not yet honored. They will be honored in NVDA 2014.2 (planned for May 2014).
Supernova Yes, as of 13.01
SA2GO
Narrator
VoiceOver OSX
VoiceOver iOS
Talkback