There’s no need to include ‘navigation’ in your navigation labels

Screen Reader Copy: Skip the Redundancy

When you label the navigation areas of your page for assistive tech, the word “navigation” is already implied by the <nav> element itself. Repeating it in the accessible label creates clutter. A screen reader user might hear “Navigation, Primary navigation” — not a technical failure, but needless repetition that slows down every encounter with the landmark. One clear label is enough.

The same logic applies to other accessible text. Writing “image of…” in the alt text mirrors the redundancy since the element already signals it’s an image. Keeping alt text concise is a habit worth forming, given screen reader users have to listen through every word you add. There are plenty of detailed discussions around how long that text really needs to be.