ARIA

concepts

Accessible Rich Internet Applications, a W3C specification for adding accessibility semantics to HTML

Pronunciation

Correct

AR-ee-ah

/ˈɑːriə/

Pronounced as a word, like the musical term 'aria'. The W3C Working Group and accessibility practitioners universally use this pronunciation.

Source: www.w3.org(official spec)

Common Mistake

A-R-I-A

/eɪ ɑːr aɪ eɪ/

Spelling it out letter by letter is non-standard. ARIA is treated as an acronym and spoken as a word.