Question about an authoring pattern

Hi All,

I am particularly interested in hearing opinions from daily screen reader
users...

We already know that there is no specific guidance in WCAG about this, but
I am curious to know: we frequently see web pages where the <title> value
and the first <h1> are the same text strings (i.e. <title>About Us</title>
followed by <h1>About Us</h1>).

As a daily screen reader what is your opinion of this authoring pattern:
* It's a common pattern and what I expected: I am glad to hear it.
* It's a common pattern that is redundantly redundant, but... meh.
* It's a common pattern that is extremely difficult for me, but I live with
it.
* It's a common pattern that impedes my ability to interact with the page
fully and should be avoided at all times.
* Other thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

JF
-- 
*John Foliot* |
Senior Industry Specialist, Digital Accessibility |
W3C Accessibility Standards Contributor |

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