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Re: Descriptive label for Read more button

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From: glen walker
Date: Apr 24, 2023 12:55PM

The issue Lisa mentioned would be covered under 2.5.3. If the visible
label says "read more" but the aria-label is "read more about this review",
then 2.5.3 is satisfied and a voice interface should allow "click read
more" (although it'll highlight all the "read more" links).

But I don't see "read more" as any more descriptive than "read more about
this review". I still don't know which review I'm reading more about so I
would still fail 2.4.4 (if it's a link) or 2.4.6 (if it's a button).

Reviews often have the person's name, as you mentioned, and might include a
short title for the review. Either one of those should be associated with
the "read more". I like to use aria-labelled by rather than
aria-describedby so that if the screen reader user brings up a list of
links or a list of buttons, the context of the "read more" will appear in
that dialog. Accessible descriptions aren't shown in those dialogs. But
that's just my personal preference.