DRAFT DOCUMENT

This is a draft document supplied by the WCAG Techniques Task Force. It in no way represents a WCAG Working Group consensus or agreement and is provided for informational and discussion purposes only. The accessibility test listed below should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

HTML Test Suite for WCAG 2.0
Test 77 - `object` link to multimedia file must have text transcript.

W3C Editor's Draft 2005-08-11

Editors:: Chris Ridpath, ATRC, University Of Toronto; Jenae Andershonis, Microsoft Inc.

Abstract

This test case was created by the ATRC at the University Of Toronto. It should not be construed as required for conformance with the proposed WCAG2.

The complete list of tests may be found at http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/tests/

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Status Of This Test

As part of the conformance test process, this test has a status of 'unconfirmed'.

WCAG2 Guideline

This test is not required for conformance to the current WCAG2. It is provided for discussion and informational purposes only.

Techniques

There are no techniques related to this test.

Prerequisite Tests

There are no prerequisite tests for this test.

Test Process

Procedure

Check each object element and view the type attribute value.
If the type attribute value is "video" then check the content for a text equivalent for the object.
The text equivalent may be within the text of the content or there may be a link to the text equivalent.

Expected Results

There must be a text equivalent for the object.

Fail Instructions

Add a text equivalent for the object.
The text equivalent may be within the content or in a separate file linked from the content.

Pass Instructions

Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.

Test Files

These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test. They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test. Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.

77-1.html Will fail the test. (object element has type attribute value of "video".)

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #77 - Positive</title> </head> <body> <object type="video"/> </body> </html>
77-2.html Will pass the test. (object element not used.)

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>OAC Testfile - Check #77 - Negative</title> </head> <body> </body> </html>