[PR #18468] [CLOSED] fix: screen reader support Michael G. Merritt - University of Florida #128459

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/18468
Author: @michaelgideonmerritt
Created: 10/20/2025
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: main ← Head: aria-live-messages-accessibility

📝 Commits (1)

a0c9e31 fix: screen reader support

📊 Changes

2 files changed (+36 additions, -27 deletions)

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📝 src/lib/components/chat/Messages.svelte (+32 -27)
📝 src/lib/components/chat/Messages/ResponseMessage.svelte (+4 -0)

📄 Description

wrapped messages in semantic
elements with role="listitem"
added descriptive aria-labels identifying speaker
added message loading state with "Assistant is typing"
added completion with "Response complete"

Michael G. Merritt - University of Florida

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/18468 **Author:** [@michaelgideonmerritt](https://github.com/michaelgideonmerritt) **Created:** 10/20/2025 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `aria-live-messages-accessibility` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`a0c9e31`](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/a0c9e319812cf3e0a142c612819a8a98dbce34aa) fix: screen reader support ### 📊 Changes **2 files changed** (+36 additions, -27 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `src/lib/components/chat/Messages.svelte` (+32 -27) 📝 `src/lib/components/chat/Messages/ResponseMessage.svelte` (+4 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description - wrapped messages in semantic <li> elements with role="listitem" - added descriptive aria-labels identifying speaker - added message loading state with "Assistant is typing" - added completion with "Response complete" Michael G. Merritt - University of Florida --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/open-webui#128459