134823 2014-07-10 19:31:11 -0700 AX: Screen reader reads incomplete sentence in textarea with white-space set to "nowrap" 2014-07-10 19:31:58 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Accessibility 528+ (Nightly build) Mac OS X 10.9 NEW InRadar P2 Normal --- 1 philip.peitsch webkit-unassigned webkit-bug-importer oldest_to_newest 1021763 0 philip.peitsch 2014-07-10 19:31:11 -0700 Using the attached file, select all the text in the first textarea and instruct OSX to read it using the built-in Text to Speech system (Under settings, Dictation & Speech). The voice will only say "this is an ex", dropping the last part of the sentence. This seems to be a result of the textarea having collapsed whitespace characters within the value, as when the white-space value is changed to pre (in the second textarea), the voice will read the full sentence. This affects Safari Version 7.0.5 (9537.77.4) on OSX 10.9, and seems to affect some earlier versions as well. 1021764 1 webkit-bug-importer 2014-07-10 19:31:24 -0700 <rdar://problem/17634593> 1021766 2 234739 philip.peitsch 2014-07-10 19:31:58 -0700 Created attachment 234739 Reproduction HTML page 234739 2014-07-10 19:31:58 -0700 2014-07-10 19:31:58 -0700 Reproduction HTML page textareas.html text/html 260 philip.peitsch PCFET0NUWVBFIGh0bWw+CjxodG1sPgo8aGVhZCBsYW5nPSJlbiI+CiAgICA8bWV0YSBjaGFyc2V0 PSJVVEYtOCI+CiAgICA8dGl0bGU+PC90aXRsZT4KPC9oZWFkPgo8Ym9keT4KPHRleHRhcmVhIHN0 eWxlPSJ3aGl0ZS1zcGFjZTogbm93cmFwIj50aGlzICAgICAgaXMgYW4gZXhhbXBsZTwvdGV4dGFy ZWE+Cjx0ZXh0YXJlYSBzdHlsZT0id2hpdGUtc3BhY2U6IHByZSI+dGhpcyAgICAgIGlzIGFuIGV4 YW1wbGU8L3RleHRhcmVhPgo8L2JvZHk+CjwvaHRtbD4=