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Recommendation from the W3C, which explains to developers and authors how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are part of a series of Web accessibility guidelines published by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative . The current version is 2.1, which became a W3C Recommendation on 05 June 2018, content that conforms to WCAG 2.1 also conforms to .

They consist of a set of guidelines for making content accessible, primarily for disabled users, but also for all user agents, including highly limited devices, such as mobile phones.

The primary considerations for web content are Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust, and Conformance. Within each category there are several guidelines and breakdown for 3 levels of compliance (A, AA, AAA).

The WCAG 2.0 overview from W3C can be found here.

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How should headings be handled in global elements for accessibility purposes?

In many designs, a number of headings may appear in the header, footer, or other global elements of a website. One example would be denoting "Contact Us," "Our Address," and similar sections in the page footer, or a tagline in the page header. In…
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How to create Content MathML for screen-reader accuracy (WCAG 2.0 compliance)

I work in publishing, and I am trying to use MathML to display math in XML-based EPUB 3 publications. I am able to generate Presentation MathML using Microsoft Word's Equation Builder. However, accessibility standards require hidden Content MathML…
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Equivalent to null alt text for purely decorative videos

Our marketing department has made a new homepage for our site that uses a looped .mp4 file of people walking down a hallway that's being used as the background for our header/logo area. It has absolutely no relevance to the content and should be…
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WCAG 2.0 A (1.3.1) Content outside of landmarks

Trying to make our SharePoint site WCAG compliant. I have added WAI-ARIA landmarks to the real content, but it is not passing because not all content is included. When using HTML5 or WAI-ARIA landmarks it is best practice to include all content…
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How to mark-up a button for WCAG 2.0 Compliance?

In striving for WCAG 2.0 Compliance, I'm finding quite a bit of varied information regarding proper treatment of buttons, specifically what is required to consider the button accessible and compliant. What is the appropriate way to mark-up a…
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How the transcript of a video should be visible to accomplish WCAG 2.0?

I'm building a website that has to achieve the AA Conformance to WCAG. We are going to provide videos and to do it right there has to be a transcript of this video, my question is, in html were is the correct order to put this transcript before,…
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Web accessibility - heading-order rule with missing

We have inherited a website which we are currently trying to make WCAG2.0 AA compliant One of the pages is failing the heading-order rule as it has an

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Table Styled Input for Screen Readers

Take a look at this image. I have a table containing input. Each input is defined by a column header cell and a row header cell. How would you ensure that blind users know what to type in each input field? Let us use this following simplified html…
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