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## Research on this component

The Government Digital Service (GDS) developed and tested this component in a prototype of the ‘Apply for a temporary event notice’ service.
In 2017, the Government Digital Service (GDS) [developed and tested this component](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/wiki/Character-count-testing-and-user-research) in a prototype of the ‘Apply for a temporary event notice’ service. During this research, the component was tested with 17 users, including those with low digital skills and users with disabilities.

During this research, the component was tested with 17 users, including those with low digital skills and users with disabilities.

[Read more about this research in the Design System wiki on GitHub](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system/wiki/Character-count-testing-and-user-research).
In 2022, the GOV.UK Design System team [updated the component to make it more accessible](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-design-system-backlog/issues/67#issuecomment-1131719459), stopping the character count being announced twice by some screenreaders.

### Known issues and gaps

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