Count Controls Still Missing a Verified Accessible Name — Free
Icon buttons and filter chips can carry a visible label yet still be announced as an unlabelled control. Subtract the ones a human has actually verified to find the remaining gap.
The proof surface
The data-table header audit counts table header associations. This tracks accessible names for interactive controls, and the setting only labels the recheck effort rather than changing the count.
Why the flat version breaks
Counting visible labels
A visible label can be missing from the accessible name.
Trusting a linter result
Automated tools catch some cases and miss others.
Treating the minutes as a score
The setting is your recheck estimate, not a severity rating.
How to work the name gap register
Include buttons, links, inputs, selects and custom widgets that keyboard users can reach. A decorative image that is hidden from assistive technology is not a control.
Count a control as verified only after a real check of its programmatic name with the markup and at least one screen reader. A visible tooltip or placeholder text is not automatically the accessible name.
Missing names equal controls in the group minus controls with a verified name. Twelve search controls with nine verified leaves three names to recheck — six minutes at the sample setting.
Rename icons with text alternatives or a visible label, then repeat the check with the same reviewer. Zero minutes means the entered audit has no outstanding rechecks, not that the interface conforms to every requirement.
What the name gap register replaces
| Question | Before | Visible working |
|---|---|---|
| Counting visible labels | A visible label can be missing from the accessible name. | Verify, then count |
| Trusting a linter result | Automated tools catch some cases and miss others. | Read the gap per group |
| Treating the minutes as a score | The setting is your recheck estimate, not a severity rating. | Fix and re-verify |
A local arithmetic aid replaces hand calculation, not expert review. No paid AI service is needed.
Run it on the samples, right here
FIRST-LOAD
Research prototype — checkout unavailable. Input is processed locally and a draft is saved automatically in this browser profile when storage is available. Reset to sample clears that draft; Pro history has its own clear button. A state link encodes your inputs in its URL: share only non-sensitive rows. Browser history, clipboard and anyone receiving the link may retain it. Optional AI use below leaves this device; it is not required.
This is a manual-audit tally from counts you supply and is not an automated conformance result. Verify real control names with assistive technology and a qualified accessibility reviewer.
Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the name gap register: your control group | controls in group | controls with a verified name stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.
Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a bound register page
The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the name gap register reading, and holds your drafts on this device — one complete free run; the proposed $4 one-time filing layer is not currently for sale.
The name gap register reading is complete for free. The optional $4 layer adds print, row CSV and the last five local reading summaries; it does not add hidden answers. Checkout is not configured yet; the article demo remains unlimited.
Open the count controls still missing a verified accessible name companionBoundary
This is a manual-audit tally from counts you supply and is not an automated conformance result. Verify real control names with assistive technology and a qualified accessibility reviewer.
What this is built on
- Method: Missing names equal controls in the group minus controls with a verified name. Twelve search controls with nine verified leaves three names to recheck — six minutes at the sample setting.
- All sample records are invented examples. The app does not fetch measurements, policies, files or personal records.
- Google’s official pricing page, fetched 2026-09-29, lists free-tier access including AI Studio. Optional formatting only; limits and availability can change. Free-tier content may be used to improve products. Never paste private records there.
Before: A visible label can be missing from the accessible name. After: the name gap register shows the working beside each named row so the reader can change the assumption and inspect the consequence.
Optional AI formatting, not calculation
For this name gap register, use the free AI Studio interface only if available to you, with no paid API key. Manual entry completes the same workflow for free. Supply only fictional or non-sensitive notes. Review its output against the source; never paste unresolved questions into the numeric rows.
Format my non-sensitive notes for a name gap register. Return plain rows only: control group | controls in group | controls with a verified name. Preserve supplied quantities exactly. Do not guess missing values; list questions separately. Do not calculate or add advice. I will check every row before pasting into the local tool.
Accepted schema: control group | controls in group | controls with a verified name. No AI response is executed as code.