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Screen reader experience if HTML 5 and ARIA used on required fields

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From: Angela French
Date: Jul 22, 2013 1:35PM

Hello,
If a user had AT that supported both html 5 and ARIA, what would the experience be if the html5 "required" attribute is used along with the aria-required="true"? Would there be any aural redundancy or would the screen reader just read out "required" once?

<label for="firstname">First Name:</label><input type="text" id="firstname" required aria-required="true">

Thank you,

Angela French
Internet Specialist
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
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