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Re: The importance of landmarks to screen readers?

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From: David Engebretson Jr.
Date: Mar 23, 2021 4:57PM

I agree with Glen's comments and would like to put in a cent or two regarding aria-label's in landmark/regions:

If you are using a <nav>, please don't put the word "navigation" in your aria-label. Screen readers will read an aria-label="main site navigation" as
"main site navigation navigation region. The repetition can be redundant and cognitively taxing.

It's a common problem in region naming so I'd suggest that a manual review of how assistive technologies read the landmark/region is super important to reduce the cognitive load on your users.

Thanks!
David