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Accessibility: react page notification should be aria-live

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Since Oct 8, 2026.

Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
react, typescript

Research direction

Start by locating the React page notification popup used for messages such as "Added 4 exercises" and reproduce the update with a screen reader. Done means the notification is exposed as an ARIA live region and its changes are announced to screen-reader users.

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Description

accessibility enhancement

The notification popup used for things like "Added 4 exercises" should be ARIA live so screen readers announce the change.

Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
68
Forks
118
Avg merge
1d 12h
Merged PRs (30d)
24

Getting set up

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  • No contributing guide

First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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