Name, Role, Value

Name, Role & Value is a primary element. It is mandatory to include in your digital product if applicable.

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Name, role and value ensures that elements like buttons or other interactions have enough extra information attached to them. NRV in the world of accessibility, ensures that assistive technologies find and maintain user interface controls within the content. These assistive technologies include screen readers, speech recognition software and screen magnifiers. For example, “search” would be the name of the search button. This may sound obvious, but it’s description should be there for better overall user experience.

Summary Points:

  • Use Accessible APIs

  • Helps AT’s (assistive technologies): screen readers, speech recognition software and screen magnifiers

  • Ensure each page component is descriptive and indicates purpose

  • Use appropriate ARIA role attribute to define each component, such as button for button

Examples:

Further On This Topic:

https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/ensure-compat-rsv.html