Accessibility - Question - Home Screen - Why Does TalkBack Focus on About Button

[jfc3-dol]

I was wondering why when using TalkBack is "About" button the focus on the home screen? I would expect it to read the heading/text in the banner but not continue on the red the information about the "About" button too when I open the application.

Is this an Android thing since my only interaction with Android is when testing with TalkBack.

Please see the attached screenshot highlighting the blue TalkBack focus by my red line focus.

[greg-gruse]

This is an Android behavior - the title at the top of the screen is NOT a heading and I have not found anyway to make it a heading. By default the first "control" or button has the focus initially on the screen. If you notice on screens with the home button on the left - it receives the focus.

Subsequently on the home screen the first button is the info button.

[jfc3-dol]

The application is now focusing on the search box which makes the keyboard show for everyone, and they can see much content on their screen especially if on a phone or device that small.

Previously, the old application and the current iOS application start the focus at the top of the application at the heading in the top left corner. By focusing on the search box the TalkBack or other assistive technology user might not know where they are at.

[greg-gruse]

This will be fixed in the next build.

[jfc3-dol]

Thanks, for getting the application to stop showing the keyboard.

TalkBack is now focusing on the "Information" button/link like it was doing previously. I would expect the first thing TalkBack would be is the name of the application in the top left of the application. Or at least read the text " Local Labor Market Data" and stop without going to the information button/link.