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- Adrian Roselli writes about this attribute that describes the role of an element. It overrides what is announced to the screen reader, e.g.
<input type="text" aria-roledescription="Only numbers allowed">will read as “Only numbers allowed” instead of “input type text”. This hides meaning and the control type – a confusing experience for the user. It also doesn’t translate. There’s an open issue about the global nature of this attribute. Don’t use it!
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