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Re: ARIA Attributes

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From: Paul J. Adam
Date: Aug 22, 2016 11:56AM

Both! :) They are used for different purposes, aria-label or aria-labelledby is for the Accessible Name the "Label", aria-describedby is for the Accessible Description. Title attribute from HTML4 is also an attribute that becomes the accessible description in the Accessibility API. <label> = accessible name. Label should be short, longer input instruction text should be in the accessible description to keep the label concise.

Both attributes are very well supported in most screen readers and browser combinations.

Paul J. Adam
Accessibility Evangelist
www.deque.com

> On Aug 22, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Jamous, JP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Folks,
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> Based on experience and not literature , what is best, aria-describedby or aria-labelledby?
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> We know that aria-describedby has issues with JAWS. How about Labelledby?
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> Just want to hear some feedback from those who has gotten their fair share of experience with those 2.
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> What do you recommend using and why?
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