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Technique G100:Providing a short text alternative which is the accepted name or a descriptive name of the non-text content

About this Technique

This technique relates to 1.1.1 Non-text Content (Sufficient using a more specific technique).

This technique applies to all technologies.

Techniques are examples of ways to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). They are not required to meet WCAG. Content can satisfy the normative requirements of WCAG even if it does not use any of the documented techniques. See About WCAG Techniques.

Description

The objective of this technique is to allow users to identify the non-text content even if the non-text content is intended to provide a specific sensory experience. For example, a deaf person may want to know what an audio instrumental file is - even if they cannot hear it. Similarly, a blind person may want to know what the subject of a visual image is - even if they cannot see it.

Examples

Example 1

  • A painting of the Mona Lisa has an alternate text of "Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci".
  • A sound file has an alternate text of "5 Grade children playing a Theremin".
  • A famous modern art piece is labeled "Red, Blue and Yellow, by Piet Mondrian".

Tests

Procedure

  1. Check that short text alternative provides a descriptive name.
  2. Check that short text alternative provides a name that has be previously been given to the non-text content by the author or another.

Expected Results

  • #1 or #2 is true
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