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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jun 21, 2021 1:30PM

On 21/06/2021 18:53, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan and all,
>
> OK, which tools would you propose that show the Accessible Name strictly according to the specs?
> Such a tool would make testing 2.5.3 so much easier with nested elements, titles, aria-labels and sr-only-CSS-classes to.
>
> In my experience, JAWS and NVDA do not always show the same text for interactive elements, perhaps due to browser and configuration variants.

Browser developer tools, in their Accessibility panel, will show you the
calculated accessible name, which in theory is what JAWS/NVDA should be
announcing (unless it's missing, in which case they'll apply their own
heuristics).

P
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