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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are part of a series of Web accessibility guidelines published by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines () are part of a series of Web accessibility guidelines published by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative ().

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 current version is 2.1, which became a W3C Recommendation on 05 June 2018, content that conforms to WCAG 2.1 also conforms to .

The publication of WCAG 2.1 does not deprecate or supersede WCAG 2.0. While WCAG 2.0 remains a W3C Recommendation, the W3C advises the use of WCAG 2.1 to maximize future applicability of accessibility efforts.

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Are flash videos and interactive projects accessible?

I have a couple interactive elements and old flash videos that allow users to click. I want to know if flash is considered accessible and I don't need to do anything to them? if it's not accessible, is it best practice to add:…
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How important is WCAG and Why I am getting this error?

I am analysing my site in dreamweaver and I got this error object should have device indepedent interface and it says something like wcag 9.2
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Why does voice over always read from the beginning of the live region?

I have seen this working on some websites with exactly the same environment below, but it doesn't work for my own very simplified code, even if I copied the same markup with the same aria attributes from the working site. Environment: Safari 9.1.2…
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Check elements contrast automatic

Would like to know if anyone has automated contrast testing of elements to support WCAG-standards. I'd like to have a test that breaks if the styling is not suitable for people with reduced vision abilities. I'm currently testing my website using…
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WCAG 2.0 validation - "Consecutive text and image links to the same resource"

I am using tawdis online tool to validate WCAG 2.0 AA Level compatibility. I am facing an error "Consecutive text and image links to the same resource", when I use below code. How to fix this error in WCAG validation ?
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How can i enlarge wesite font-size when used with vw unit for WCAG (accessibility) propeses?

I'm writing some css style sheets for my website and having a mass use of "vw" and "vh" css units. I noticed that when I'm trying to enlarge (resize?) the font size with the browser magnifier or using Ctrl+Scrolling up with mouse, the font size…
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1.3 and 2.1.1 parts of wcag 2.0

I'm reading WCAG 2.0 guidelines located here(click me) and some parts of it isn't clear to me. 1) As I understand from 1.3 section, I should make content that would be visible properly without css, for example. How is it "technology-agnostic" I…
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Are Gradual Opacity Changes to Text Accessible?

I am working on a site that gradually changes opacity on page text from 0 at the bottom of the viewer to fully visible by the time the user scroll has positioned the text mid-view. The text is able to be read by a screen reader. It also would meet…
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Accessability In Asp.Net: JAWS Screen Reader skips disabled fields ( Select, Radio, Check boxes )

I am attempting to create a screen that both a manager and a employee can view and answer questions. Some questions can be answered by only the manager and some by only the employee. both the manager and the employee can see each others answers. I…
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How to make footnotes accessible in an web page?

In PDF documents, footnotes are sometimes placed at the end of each page to clarify certain terms or add additional information. For example: I wish to create an HTML web page with the equivalence of footnotes. The page must meet the…
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Are browser dialog boxes accessible?

Are browser dialog boxes considered accessible by WCAG A/AA standards? The dialog boxes I am referring to are the ones that are native to the browser like the following in Chrome:
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Allowing screen reader to read Kendo UI Chart data

The website I'm developing needs to comply with the WCAG 2.0 guidelines, meaning a person should be able to access all information on the site using a screen reader. Since it's a BI dashboard making heavy use of Kendo Charts it failed the test. I…
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Accessibility validation in visual studio 2013

Visual studio 2013 has its own accessibility validation, to check the accessibility one has to click on the tools menu, then click Check Accessibility, my question is: it is possible to make this validation automatically with MSbuild or with another…
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Audioless video accessibility and autoplay/loop

I have an audioless video implemented using HTML5's
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