MdLiveAnnouncer

MdLiveAnnouncer is a service, which announces messages to several screenreaders.

Methods

Name	Description
announce(message, politeness)	This announces a text message to the supported screenreaders. The politeness parameter sets the aria-live attribute on the announcer element

Examples

The service can be injected in a component.

@Component({
  selector: 'my-component'
  providers: [MdLiveAnnouncer]
})
export class MyComponent {

 constructor(live: MdLiveAnnouncer) {
   live.announce("Hey Google");
 }

}

Supported Screenreaders

• JAWS (Windows)
• NVDA (Windows)
• VoiceOver (OSX and iOS)
• TalkBack (Android)