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Re: Is use of <label> and title redundant?

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From: Angela French
Date: Nov 9, 2012 12:40PM

I've discovered that on my site there is such redundancy but the <label> is positioned off screen.


>Angela French wrote:
>" Is the use of a <label> tag to identify association with a text field and the
>simultaneous use of the title attribute in the <input> tag redundant, such
>that it should be avoided? In other words, would a screen reader say the
>word twice?"
>
>Most screen readers don't acknowledge the title attribute by default,
>although they can be configured to do so. VoiceOver is the exception I think.
>
>Assuming the label is visible, it's worth asking what value the title attribute
>brings in this case?
>
>
>Léonie.
>