[randyrand]

All of those seem like examples of things you’d want your screen reader to tell you about.

[zahlman]

Sure.

What is the screen reader's plan for determining the purpose of the attached JavaScript?

[randyrand]

Same as a button. Read the text in the element. If no text, skip it or say "clickable".

I'm not arguing a div is better. I'm just saying screen readers could announce a div with an onclick if they wanted to.