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A speech to input user can activate links on a web page by telling instructing the software to click on links and buttons that the user sees on screen.
If a speech to input user want's to activate a button that says "Learn more" and an aria-label has been provided, the speech recognition software is going to respond to the aria-label (not the default link text).
However, if the aria-label is completely different from the default link text/button label or does not include the default link text (Learn more), for example aria-label="State of the City Address", the speech recognition software will not recognize the users command.
The speech to input user will not know what the aria-label is as it is not visible to them.
The speech to input user is going to instruct the speech to input software to click on the “Learn more” link or button, as this is what is visible on screen.
However if the aria-label starts out with includes the default link text/button label, aria-label="Learn more about the mayor's state of the city address", the speech input software will recognize the users command and activate that link.
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