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Web Accessibility Reviews

WGAC 2 level A

Related Guidelines

Number Guideline
1 Informative and grouped images must contain alternative text describing the purpose or meaning of the image(s).
2 Decorative images must have empty alternative text or be otherwise hidden from assistive technology.
3 Functional images must have alternative text describing the input's purpose.
4 Complex images (graphs, maps, charts) must have a text description of all relevant information.
5 CAPTCHAs must be identified with alternative text
6 CAPTCHAs which require user input offer at least two different modalities (e.g. visual and auditory)
7 Adjacent text and images which navigate to the same destination should be presented and announced as one link.

Siteimprove Alfa Rules

SIA ID Issues
sia-r2 Images have an accessible name
sia-r28 <input type="image"> elements have an accessible name
sia-r39 Image filename is accessible name for image
sia-r43 <svg> element with explicit role has non-empty accessible name
sia-r63 <object> elements have an accessible name
sia-r67 Images and SVG that are marked as decorative are not exposed to assistive technologies