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

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From: Ryan E. Benson
Date: Nov 9, 2012 4:59PM

Léonie Watson wrote:
> 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.
ZoomText (v9.5 at least) will read the title attribute instead of the
label. The same goes with links with a title attribute, it reads the
title versus linking words.

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Ryan E. Benson


On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:32 PM, Léonie Watson < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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.
>
>