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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.

Related ACT Rules

Id ACT Rule
qt1vmo Image accessible name is descriptive
59796f Image button has non-empty accessible name
9eb3f6 Image filename is accessible name for image
23a2a8 Image has non-empty accessible name
e88epe Image not in the accessibility tree is decorative
c487ae Link has non-empty accessible name
8fc3b6 Object element rendering non-text content has non-empty accessible name
7d6734 SVG element with explicit role has non-empty accessible name