         aria = if selected then @currentPageAria() else @gotoPageAria()
         return {
           text: numericItem,
-          aria: aria.replace('$page', numericItem),
+          aria: hx.userfacingText.format(aria, { page: numericItem }),
           selected: selected,
           onClick: () => selectPage.call(this, 'user', numericItem)
         }

      visibleCount: 10,
      updatePageOnSelect: true,
      paginatorAria: hx.userFacingText('paginator', 'paginatorAria'),
      currentPageAria: hx.userFacingText('paginator', 'currentPageAria'),
      gotoPageAria: hx.userFacingText('paginator', 'gotoPageAria'),
      prevPageAria: hx.userFacingText('paginator', 'prevPageAria'),
      nextPageAria: hx.userFacingText('paginator', 'nextPageAria'),
      prevText: hx.userFacingText('paginator', 'prev'),
      nextText: hx.userFacingText('paginator', 'next'),
      v2Features: {

          return {
            isPrevNextButton: true,
            text: @prevText(),
            aria: hx.userfacingText.format(@prevPageAria(), { page: currentPage - 1 }),
            onClick: () => selectPage.call(this, 'user', currentPage - 1),
          }
        if item is 'next'
          return {
            isPrevNextButton: true,
            text: @nextText(),
            aria: hx.userfacingText.format(@nextPageAria(), { page: currentPage + 1 }),
            onClick: () => selectPage.call(this, 'user', currentPage + 1),
          }
        if item is '...'
