# Failure of Success Criteria 1.3.1, 2.5.3, and 4.1.2 due to a control with visible label text but no accessible name

## Metadata

general

failure

## When to Use

All technologies that include interactive controls (such as links or form inputs).

## Description

The objective of this Failure is to describe situations where speech input users cannot reliably speak the name of a control because although it has a visible label, it lacks an accessible name.

When speech input users interact with a web page, they usually speak a command followed by the reference to some visible label (like the text in a button or a link, or the text labelling some input). If the control lacks an accessible name, speech users won't be able to activate the control using its visible label.

## Examples

### A text input with a visible label, but without an accessible name

The text input is preceded by a visible text label "Enter name", but the text is not marked up as a `<label>` for the input, and there is no alternative way (e.g., `aria-label`) to provide the input with an accessible name at all.

    					<p>Enter name</p>
    					<input type="text">

### A text input with a visible label and aria-labelledby pointing to a non-existent id

The text input is preceded by a visible text label "Enter name". The text's container has an `id` of `nameEntry`, but the input has an `aria-labelledby` referencing a non-existent `name-entry` `id`. As a result, the input lacks an accessible name altogether.

    					<p id="nameEntry">Enter name</p>
    					<input type="text" aria-labelledby="name-entry" >

## Tests

### Procedure

For all controls with a visible label (e.g., link text, button text, programmatically linked label, images in links or buttons with text, etc.), check that:

1. The control has a visible text label.
2. The control has an accessible name.
3. The accessible name contains the text that appears as the visible label.

### Expected Results

- If check #1 is false, the Success Criterion does not apply.
- If check #1 is true, but checks #2 and/or #3 are false, the content fails the Success Criterion.
- If all checks are true, the content passes the Success Criterion.

## Related Techniques

- F96
- G131
- ARIA7
- ARIA8
- ARIA9
- ARIA14
- ARIA16
- SCR30