Stop reading a translated caption twice on media messages - #1999
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Translating a chat replaces the message text of a media message with the translated caption, and the message text is what stands for the media type when a screen reader reads the message. The caption was therefore read once in place of the type and once again as the caption. Report the media type in that case, the same as an untranslated message does, and leave the caption to be read once where it belongs.
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Summary
When a chat is translated, screen readers read the caption of a media message twice: once where the media type belongs, and once again as the caption.
Translating replaces the message text of a media message with the translated caption, and the message text is what stands for the media type when the message is read. The type is therefore lost and the caption takes its place, on top of being read where it belongs.
Report the media type in that case, the same as an untranslated message does, and leave the caption to be read once. Messages without media are unaffected.