What is Accessible name?

The accessible name is the text string computed by the browser to identify an interactive element to assistive technologies. It is determined by a computation algorithm that considers, in order of priority: aria-labelledby, aria-label, the associated label, text content, or the alt attribute. A missing or irrelevant accessible name is one of the most frequent accessibility non-conformities.

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