Icons do nothing for screen readers, though. Use aria-describedby or aria-labelledby to add an ”external link” text suffix to the link text. Note that aria-lab

Icons do nothing for screen readers, though. Use aria-describedby or aria-labelledby to add an ”external link” text suffix to the link text. Note that aria-label does not work properly in all cases, e.g. when the browser chrome uses a different language than the site itself.