Time displays should have aria-labels with written out times

[claudiah12]

Description

Times such as current time and duration are written in a timestamp format such as "0:20/14:05". Sighted users can parse this as time when they read it, but screen reader users will read this as simply numbers and punctuation rather than a human-understandable time with hours/minutes/seconds.

Steps to reproduce

Explain in detail the exact steps necessary to reproduce the issue.

1. Turn on screen reader software
2. Navigate to a timestamp such as the current time or duration
3. The screen reader will read the timestamp string as numbers and punctuation rather than an understandable time

Results

Expected

If seek bar is at 0:20/14:05, then screen reader announces 'twenty seconds of 14 minutes, 5 seconds

Actual

If seek bar is at 0:20/14:05, then screen reader announces 'Zero colon zero colon twenty of fourteen colon one'.

Additional Information

Related to: #6335

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[OwenEdwards]

@claudiah12 see my comment about your other issue: #6335 (comment)

[damanV5]

@gkatsev , @mister-ben
I want to contribute, please assign this to me.

[mister-ben]

@damanV5 feel free to tackle this, such contributions are welcome! Please note the earlier linked comment about the localization challenges. It might be that <time datetime="PT30M10">30:10</time> could be helpful now, if there is sufficient support by screenreaders.

[damanV5]

@mister-ben I have raised #8985 in an attempt to fix this issue.

Please let me know what do you think about this.