is visually-hidden text in pagination links a problem? about a11y-style-guide

[cehfisher]

That is a good question! You are correct that this library is based on WCAG 2.0 and I have not tested it with voice input devices. Could you give me more info on which technology your co-worker is using so I can test the pattern more?

[hollsk]

We're not using voice input software ourselves 🙈- just interested in whether the pattern is generally safe!

SC 2.5.3 has a note mentioning that it's "best practice" to have the visible text of the label at the start of the accessible name, but doesn't make it a hard requirement. So the pattern as written passes WCAG, even though it doesn't use the "best practice" method.

I was thinking that perhaps in the case of pagination it's ok because the concept of "page" is implied by the affordance of the visual design, so it wouldn't be too difficult to operate. But I don't have data or research to back that up, so I couldn't really answer my coworker's question.