Guideline 1 (Perceivable)

Question 1

SC 1.1.1 Non-text Content

Answer 1

Level A
All non-text content that is presented to the user has a text alternative that serves the equivalent purpose, except for the situations listed below.

Controls, Input
If non-text content is a control or accepts user input, then it has a name that describes its purpose. (Refer to Success Criterion 4.1.2 for additional requirements for controls and content that accepts user input.)

Time-Based Media
If non-text content is time-based media, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content. (Refer to Guideline 1.2 for additional requirements for media.)

Test
If non-text content is a test or exercise that would be invalid if presented in text, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content.

Sensory
If non-text content is primarily intended to create a specific sensory experience, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content.

CAPTCHA
If the purpose of non-text content is to confirm that content is being accessed by a person rather than a computer, then text alternatives that identify and describe the purpose of the non-text content are provided, and alternative forms of CAPTCHA using output modes for different types of sensory perception are provided to accommodate different disabilities.

Decoration, Formatting, Invisible
If non-text content is pure decoration, is used only for visual formatting, or is not presented to users, then it is implemented in a way that it can be ignored by assistive technology.

Question 2

Success Criterion 1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)

Answer 2

Level A
For prerecorded audio-only and prerecorded video-only media, the following are true, except when the audio or video is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such:

Prerecorded Audio-only
An alternative for time-based media is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded audio-only content.

Prerecorded Video-only
Either an alternative for time-based media or an audio track is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded video-only content.

Question 3

Success Criterion 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)

Answer 3

Level A
An alternative for time-based media or audio description of the prerecorded video content is provided for synchronized media, except when the media is a media alternative for text and is clearly labeled as such.

Question 4

Success Criterion 1.2.4 Captions (Live)

Answer 4

Level AA
Captions are provided for all live audio content in synchronized media.

Question 5

Success Criterion 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)

Answer 5

Level AA
Audio description is provided for all prerecorded video content in synchronized media.

Question 6

Success Criterion 1.2.6 Sign Language (Prerecorded)

Answer 6

Level AAA
Sign language interpretation is provided for all prerecorded audio content in synchronized media.

Question 7

Success Criterion 1.2.7 Extended Audio Description (Prerecorded)

Answer 7

Level AAA
Where pauses in foreground audio are insufficient to allow audio descriptions to convey the sense of the video, extended audio description is provided for all prerecorded video content in synchronized media.

Question 8

Success Criterion 1.2.8 Media Alternative (Prerecorded)

Answer 8

Level AAA
An alternative for time-based media is provided for all prerecorded synchronized media and for all prerecorded video-only media.

Question 9

Success Criterion 1.2.9 Audio-only (Live)

Answer 9

Level AAA
An alternative for time-based media that presents equivalent information for live audio-only content is provided.

Question 10

Success Criterion 1.3.1 Info and Relationships

Answer 10

Level A
Information, structure, and relationships conveyed through presentation can be programmatically determined or are available in text.

Question 11

Success Criterion 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence

Answer 11

Level A
When the sequence in which content is presented affects its meaning, a correct reading sequence can be programmatically determined.

Question 12

Success Criterion 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics

Answer 12

Level A
Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of components such as shape, color, size, visual location, orientation, or sound.

Question 13

Success Criterion 1.3.4 Orientation

Answer 13

Level AA
New in 2.1
Content does not restrict its view and operation to a single display orientation, such as portrait or landscape, unless a specific display orientation is essential.

Question 14

Success Criterion 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose

Answer 14

Level AA
New in 2.1
The purpose of each input field collecting information about the user can be programmatically determined when:

• The input field serves a purpose identified in the Input
• Purposes for user interface components section; and
• The content is implemented using technologies with support for identifying the expected meaning for form input data.

Question 15

Success Criterion 1.3.6 Identify Purpose

Answer 15

Level AAA
New in 2.1
In content implemented using markup languages, the purpose of user interface components, icons, and regions can be programmatically determined.

Question 16

Success Criterion 1.4.1 Use of Color

Answer 16

Level A
Color is not used as the only visual means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element.

Question 17

Success Criterion 1.4.2 Audio Control

Answer 17

Level A
If any audio on a Web page plays automatically for more than 3 seconds, either a mechanism is available to pause or stop the audio, or a mechanism is available to control audio volume independently from the overall system volume level.

Question 18

Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)

Answer 18

Level AA
The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1, except for the following:

Large Text
Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1;

Incidental
Text or images of text that are part of an inactive user interface component, that are pure decoration, that are not visible to anyone, or that are part of a picture that contains significant other visual content, have no contrast requirement.

Logotypes
Text that is part of a logo or brand name has no contrast requirement.

Question 19

Success Criterion 1.4.4 Resize Text

Answer 19

Level AA
Except for captions and images of text, text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality.

Question 20

Success Criterion 1.4.5 Images of Text

Answer 20

Level AA
If the technologies being used can achieve the visual presentation, text is used to convey information rather than images of text except for the following:

Customizable
The image of text can be visually customized to the user’s requirements;

Essential
A particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed.

Question 21

Success Criterion 1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced)

Answer 21

Level AAA
The visual presentation of text and images of text has a contrast ratio of at least 7:1, except for the following:

Large Text
Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1;

Incidental
Text or images of text that are part of an inactive user interface component, that are pure decoration, that are not visible to anyone, or that are part of a picture that contains significant other visual content, have no contrast requirement.

Logotypes
Text that is part of a logo or brand name has no contrast requirement.

Question 22

Success Criterion 1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio

Answer 22

Level AAA
For prerecorded audio-only content that (1) contains primarily speech in the foreground, (2) is not an audio CAPTCHA or audio logo, and (3) is not vocalization intended to be primarily musical expression such as singing or rapping, at least one of the following is true:

No Background
The audio does not contain background sounds.

Turn Off
The background sounds can be turned off.

20 dB
The background sounds are at least 20 decibels lower than the foreground speech content, with the exception of occasional sounds that last for only one or two seconds.

Question 23

Success Criterion 1.4.8 Visual Presentation

Answer 23

Level AAA
For the visual presentation of blocks of text, a mechanism is available to achieve the following:

Foreground and background colors can be selected by the user.
Width is no more than 80 characters or glyphs (40 if CJK).
Text is not justified (aligned to both the left and the right margins).
Line spacing (leading) is at least space-and-a-half within paragraphs, and paragraph spacing is at least 1.5 times larger than the line spacing.
Text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent in a way that does not require the user to scroll horizontally to read a line of text on a full-screen window.

Question 24

Success Criterion 1.4.9 Images of Text (No Exception)

Answer 24

Level AAA
Images of text are only used for pure decoration or where a particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed.

Question 25

Success Criterion 1.4.10 Reflow

Answer 25

Level AA
New in 2.1
Content can be presented without loss of information or functionality, and without requiring scrolling in two dimensions for:

Vertical scrolling content at a width equivalent to 320 CSS pixels;
Horizontal scrolling content at a height equivalent to 256 CSS pixels.
Except for parts of the content which require two-dimensional layout for usage or meaning.

Question 26

Success Criterion 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast

Answer 26

Level AA
New in 2.1
The visual presentation of the following have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1 against adjacent color(s):

User Interface Components
Visual information required to identify user interface components and states, except for inactive components or where the appearance of the component is determined by the user agent and not modified by the author;
Graphical Objects
Parts of graphics required to understand the content, except when a particular presentation of graphics is essential to the information being conveyed.

Question 27

Success Criterion 1.4.12 Text Spacing

Answer 27

Level AA
New in 2.1
In content implemented using markup languages that support the following text style properties, no loss of content or functionality occurs by setting all of the following and by changing no other style property:

Line height (line spacing) to at least 1.5 times the font size;
Spacing following paragraphs to at least 2 times the font size;
Letter spacing (tracking) to at least 0.12 times the font size;
Word spacing to at least 0.16 times the font size.
Exception: Human languages and scripts that do not make use of one or more of these text style properties in written text can conform using only the properties that exist for that combination of language and script.

Question 28

Success Criterion 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus

Answer 28

Level AA
New in 2.1
Where receiving and then removing pointer hover or keyboard focus triggers additional content to become visible and then hidden, the following are true:

Dismissible
A mechanism is available to dismiss the additional content without moving pointer hover or keyboard focus, unless the additional content communicates an input error or does not obscure or replace other content;
Hoverable
If pointer hover can trigger the additional content, then the pointer can be moved over the additional content without the additional content disappearing;
Persistent
The additional content remains visible until the hover or focus trigger is removed, the user dismisses it, or its information is no longer valid.
Exception: The visual presentation of the additional content is controlled by the user agent and is not modified by the author.