Digital Hall of Fame ARIA-Labelledby Audit for Inductee Search Controls
A digital hall of fame aria-labelledby audit is a structured review confirming that every search input, sport filter, class-year selector, and advanced search control on your inductee recognition platform carries an aria-labelledby attribute that references the ID of its visible label element—so screen readers announce the label text a sighted visitor reads when an assistive-technology user focuses the control. The short answer for school athletic directors, administrators, and IT teams: identify every search and filter control on your hall of fame pages; open browser DevTools and inspect each control for an aria-labelledby attribute; verify that the IDs listed in that attribute exist in the DOM and point to elements whose text accurately names the control; confirm that the referenced text is visible (or visually hidden with a compliant technique rather than display:none or visibility:hidden); and test each control with NVDA or VoiceOver to confirm the announced name matches the label a sighted visitor sees before interacting with the search or filter interface.
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