Level A · WCAG 2.1
2.5.3 Label in Name
The accessible name of a control contains the text shown on it, so voice control can address it by what it says.
Partly automated Some failures are detectable, others need judgement.
How it fails in practice
A button reading “Submit” with aria-label="Send form". Somebody says “click Submit” and nothing happens.
How to fix it
Start the accessible name with the visible label. Extra context goes after it, not instead of it.
At a glance
- Level
- Level A — the minimum. Failing one of these usually makes something impossible rather than merely hard.
- Principle
- Operable
- Guideline
- 2.5 Input Modalities
- Added in
- WCAG 2.1
- EN 301 549
- 9.2.5.3
- Automated check
- Partly automated
Partly automated
How far an automated check gets
A tool finds some failures here and cannot see the rest. A clean automated result means the checks that exist found nothing — not that the criterion is met. This is the gap that makes a green scan look like an accessible site, and it is where our agents and a human reviewer do the remaining work.
Detectable automatically wherever there is visible text to compare against.
Related criteria
Other criteria under the same guideline.
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