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Discussion on: Website Accessibility: How can I make sure screenreaders interpret the text in the way I intend?

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Calin Baenen

Sometimes they may "need help" since they're trying to be "accurate", instead of being "correct". At least, that's why I think it happens.

But, I had a question about <abbr>, is title required for the example that included aria-label?
I know title also adds a tooltip to the element, and I don't want that.

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Alvaro Montoro

title is not required. With the tooltip, you'd be providing the same information to screen reader users and sighted users, which is important. But we could say that "w/" is a commonly known/used abbreviation and there's no real need for the title/tooltip. So it should be ok without it.