angular-cli: Mac Voiceover will not start after ng serve has been run

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Versions.

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Repro steps.

Pre-req’s: Own a Macbook

1. Run ng serve with any angular 2 app.
2. Try to start Voiceover, Mac’s screenreader (built-in hotkey is Cmd+f5) either while it’s running or after it’s finished running.

Expected: Voiceover starts, reads screen. Result: Voiceover’s black box appears and disappears a few times, and then dies.

The log given by the failure.

N/A, although here’s the output from running ng serve, if that helps.

** NG Live Development Server is running on http://localhost:4200 ** Hash: daab498fd5db009b8bfb Time: 29612ms chunk {0} 0.chunk.js, 0.chunk.js.map 41.6 kB {1} {2} {5} [rendered] chunk {1} 1.chunk.js, 1.chunk.js.map 27.9 kB {0} {2} {5} [rendered] chunk {2} 2.chunk.js, 2.chunk.js.map 8.44 kB {0} {1} {5} [rendered] chunk {3} polyfills.bundle.js, polyfills.bundle.js.map (polyfills) 458 kB {8} [initial] [rendered] chunk {4} styles.bundle.js, styles.bundle.js.map (styles) 376 kB {8} [initial] [rendered] chunk {5} main.bundle.js, main.bundle.js.map (main) 67.7 kB {7} [initial] [rendered] chunk {6} scripts.bundle.js, scripts.bundle.js.map (scripts) 243 kB {8} [initial] [rendered] chunk {7} vendor.bundle.js, vendor.bundle.js.map (vendor) 6.48 MB [initial] [rendered] chunk {8} inline.bundle.js, inline.bundle.js.map (inline) 0 bytes [entry] [rendered] webpack: Compiled successfully.

Desired functionality.

Voiceover can be started while ng serve is running or after it’s been run.

Mention any other details that might be useful.

Voiceover will continue to function if it is started before ng serve is run; it just won’t start while ng serve is running or after it’s been run. Also, it is possible to use browser-based screenreaders (like ChromeVox), and I haven’t tested with JAWS, but working with Voiceover would be helpful.

I’m aware this is probably a low-priority bug since it has an easy work-around, but for those of us working primarily on accessibility-related issues and for blind developers, this’d be a nice thing to fix.