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Re: Descriptive label for Read more button

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From: L Snider
Date: Apr 24, 2023 12:39PM

Just be careful with aria-labels and voice users. I use voice a lot and
many times the labels are something completely different, and it frustrates
me because then I have to grid the screen and sometimes my software won't
do it well (so it takes longer). I recommend to keep labels simple and what
is shown on screen for those of with sight who use voice. This is where
accessibility gets tough, because we can make it better for screen reader
users, yea, but it can make it tougher for us voice users.

Cheers

Lisa

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM Sumit Patel < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> Hai all,
>
> Descriptive label for buttons or links always confuses me.
>
> I have a page where reviews of multiple people are given at the end of
> the page. The structure would be.
> 1 or 2 sentences of review we can see on the screen, then name of the
> reviewer and next to that a read more button on clicking on which we
> can see the complete review of that person.
> Then below next person's review ...
>
> The aria-label of all the "read more" buttons are "read more about this
> review"
>
>
> Though multiple read more buttons are there with the same label, I
> think it is fine as with the label user can understand on clicking on
> this button they can see complete review
> Moreover the name of the reviewer is not important here as user
> decides whether they want to read more or not based on the content ,
> not based on the reviewer name
>
> If the label was just "read more", then user won't have any clue about
> what they are going to read more.
>
> Correct me if I am missing something.
>
> Regards,
> Sumit .
> > > > >