G95: Providing short text alternatives that provide a brief description of the non-text content

This technique is used when the text needed to serve the same purpose and present the same information as the original non-text content is too lengthy or when this goal cannot be achieved with text alone. In that case this technique is used to provide a short text alternative that briefly describes the non-text content. (A long text alternative is then provided using another technique such that the combination serves the same purpose and presents the same information as the original non-text content.)

In deciding what text to include in the alternative, it is often a good idea to consider the following questions:

• Why is this non-text content here?

• What information is it presenting?

• What purpose does it fulfill?

• If I could not use the non-text content, what words would I use to convey the same function and/or information?

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• G74: Providing a long description in text near the non-text content, with a reference to the location of the long description in the short description
• G73: Providing a long description in another location with a link to it that is immediately adjacent to the non-text content
• G92: Providing long description for non-text content that serves the same purpose and presents the same information
• G94: Providing short text alternative for non-text content that serves the same purpose and presents the same information as the non-text content

Procedure

1. Check for the presence of a short text alternative that provides a brief description of the non-text content.

Expected Results

• Check #1 is true.