stevef

2020-10-06 13:28:50

aria-roledescription is not a label

It is an alternative expression of the Aural UI of the role of an element.

inappropriately using aria-roledescription may inhibit users’ ability to understand or interact with an element.
ARIA 1.1

The wrong way to use aria-roledescription and call out someone as a fascist:

code

<img aria-roledescription="fascist" src="dt.PNG"
alt="Donald Trump">

This is wrong because you are not identifying the subject of the image as a fascist, you are overwriting the <img> element role so it effectively becomes a <fascist> element. Also, there is no explicit text identification of the subject as a fascist.

A much better way to achieve the aim of identifying a fascist (and not misusing aria-roledescription):
Example of a fascist
code
<figure>
<figcaption>Example of a fascist</figcaption>
<img src="dt.PNG" alt="Donald Trump">
</figure>

https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2020/10/06/micro-note-on-aria-roledescription/

THUS SPOKE HTML - TPGi

For sighted users, HTML is visual, for screen reader users, HTML is spoken. For example is read out loud as “text content of heading, Heading level 1.″

^{Steve Faulkner (TPGi)}