GitHub Copilot is not informing screen reader users when it's applying code

[cehfisher]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No - unknown

Summary of the issue

When a user clicks "Apply in Editor", it is hard for the user to follow the process. There is no clear indication of when the update starts or when it finishes. The only way a user can tell the update is complete is when my cursor moves to the top of the code editor. It would be very helpful to have an audio notification or some other indicator to signal when the update begins and when it is done. A similar indicator to what is implemented in the chat would work well here.

Issue source

• Community Discussion
• Reported: December 20, 2024 by snufas
• Discussion Number: Terminal search won't let me scroll away from first match #147602
• Discussion Link: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/147602

What is the name of the user?

snufas

What does the user need?

A clear indicator of when the update stops and/or finishes - an audio notification has been suggested

Is this issue related to accessibility, usability, or is it a feature request?

Accessibility

Repo information

Our GitHub tester installed Copilot Chat on their VScode, and made sure they had accessibility signals set to on or auto in their VSCode settings for:

• Chat Request Sent
• Chat Response received
• Code Action Applied
• Code Action Triggered
• Tasks completed

They confirmed that when they selected Apply in Editor from Copilot chat, there was no sound signal. Below is a video with NVDA in a Windows VM.

When the Copilot suggestions are fully loaded into the chat, there is a sound signal to indicate the chat has completed. However there is no sound signal after applying a suggestion with Apply in Editor:

CleanShot.2025-01-22.at.10.25.48.mp4

Additional information

Version: 1.96.2 (system setup)
Commit: fabdb6a
Date: 2024-12-19T10:22:47.216Z
Electron: 32.2.6
ElectronBuildId: 10629634
Chromium: 128.0.6613.186
Node.js: 20.18.1
V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
GitHub Copilot, 1.256.0
GitHub Copilot Chat, 0.23.2
Screenreder: NVDA

[cehfisher]

Updated to reflect the correct issue - sorry for any confusion!