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Re: Hidden text and mobile devices

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From: Jared Smith
Date: Aug 24, 2016 7:29AM

> To give a concrete example: when we display a date in short format
> (Mon 26 Oct), we hide this element with aria-hidden, and add a
> sr-only text (Monday 26 October) for screen readers.

Why would "Mon 26 Oct" be any more confusing to a screen reader user
than to a sighted user? If this text is not understandable as is, it
should be expanded and made more useful for everyone. If it's not
confusing visually, providing much more verbose and lengthy text just
for screen reader users isn't creating an equitable experience.

Most screen readers have a setting for reading the expansion (title
attribute) for acronyms and abbreviations. I believe the default is to
not read these on Windows screen readers.

Jared