[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63620: Remove translator comments when hidden text matches visible text

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#63620: Remove translator comments when hidden text matches visible text
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 Reporter:  sabernhardt                          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
                                                 |  Review
Component:  I18N                                 |     Version:  6.2
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch changes-requested 2nd-     |     Focuses:
  opinion                                        |  accessibility
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Comment (by joedolson):

 @swissspidy I'm not referring to complicating translations; I mean
 complicating the codebase and maintenance of duplicate strings.

 The purpose of the screen reader hidden text in a legend is to provide
 grouping context for grouped controls. This text should match the visual
 text. This is all a hack for the fact that the Settings API is inadequate
 for accessibility.

 Screen reader users should get the same group name that sighted users get,
 so in every case where it doesn't match, I would consider that an error.

 There is no reason to know it's screen reader text if it's always going to
 match the visible text, and if these were assigned to a variable then we'd
 be more sure that future edits to the text are consistent between both
 uses.

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