Techniques for WCAG 2.0

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F67: Failure of Success Criterion 1.1.1 and 1.2.1 due to providing long description for non-text content that does not serve the same purpose or does not present the same information

Applicability

All technologies.

This failure relates to:

Description

The objective of this technique is to describe the failure that occurs when the long description for non-text content does not serve the same purpose or does not present the same information as the non-text content. This can cause problems for people who cannot interpret the non-text content because they rely on the long description to provide the necessary information conveyed by the non-text content. Without a long description that provides complete information, a person may not be able to comprehend or interact with the Web page.

Examples

Resources

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Tests

Procedure

For all non-text content that requires a long description

  1. Check that the long description serves the same purpose or presents the same information as the non-text content.

Expected Results