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This document discusses the updates to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) from version 2.1 to 2.2. WCAG 2.2 includes 4 new success criteria addressing issues like obscured focus, dragging movements, target size for pointers, and redundant data entry. It provides examples of these new criteria and discusses how they help people with disabilities. The document also mentions WCAG 3.0 and the importance of user research, giving an example of testing a site with someone who has Parkinson's disease.
Accessibility update for print disability round tableAndrew Arch
Accessibility update for print disability round table conference in Sydney, April 2018. Presentation concentrates on WCAG 2.1, but highlights other W3C / WAI and the observed shift to inlcude usability testing with technical testing.
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WCAG 2.0 is the new set of web accessibility guidelines that was released in 2008 as a recommendation by the W3C. It addresses some issues with the previous WCAG 1.0 guidelines by being technology-agnostic, having clearly testable success criteria focused on user outcomes rather than techniques, and removing outdated requirements. WCAG 2.0 provides more freedom for authors while still ensuring accessibility. It includes 4 principles, 12 guidelines and 61 success criteria to evaluate websites. The transition from WCAG 1.0 involves evaluating sites based on the new success criteria and testing areas that may be different.
WCAG 2.2 - An Overview of the New Accessibility Guidelines.pptxAbilityNet
This document discusses the updates to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) from version 2.1 to 2.2. WCAG 2.2 includes 4 new success criteria addressing issues like obscured focus, dragging movements, target size for pointers, and redundant data entry. It provides examples of these new criteria and discusses how they help people with disabilities. The document also mentions WCAG 3.0 and the importance of user research, giving an example of testing a site with someone who has Parkinson's disease.
Accessibility update for print disability round tableAndrew Arch
Accessibility update for print disability round table conference in Sydney, April 2018. Presentation concentrates on WCAG 2.1, but highlights other W3C / WAI and the observed shift to inlcude usability testing with technical testing.
Advances in Web Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 and more) was presented by Senior Accessibility Consultant Andrew Arch at the 2018 Round Table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities.
All change for WCAG 2.0 - what you need to know about the new accessibility g...Patrick Lauke
WCAG 2.0 is the new set of web accessibility guidelines that was released in 2008 as a recommendation by the W3C. It addresses some issues with the previous WCAG 1.0 guidelines by being technology-agnostic, having clearly testable success criteria focused on user outcomes rather than techniques, and removing outdated requirements. WCAG 2.0 provides more freedom for authors while still ensuring accessibility. It includes 4 principles, 12 guidelines and 61 success criteria to evaluate websites. The transition from WCAG 1.0 involves evaluating sites based on the new success criteria and testing areas that may be different.
Implementing WCAG 2.2 into Your Digital Strategy3Play Media
In this webinar, you will learn about important updates coming in WCAG 2.2 and what they mean. This webinar will be presented by A360's Michele Landis, CRO, and Co-Founder.
The W3C published the WCAG 2.0 specification in December 2008, but what does this mean for local governments and how do they work?
This presentation provides a brief introduction to web accessibility and current the structure of the WCAG 2.0 specification. What is new in WCAG 2.0 and how it aims to support a variety of technologies.
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Hardik Shah
Department of Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
ABSTRACT
In this research, we explore the vital transition of Design Systems from Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 to WCAG 2.1, emphasizing its role in enhancing web accessibility and inclusivity
in digital environments. The study outlines a comprehensive strategy for achieving WCAG 2.1 compliance,
encompassing assessment, strategic planning, implementation, and testing, with a focus on collaboration
and user involvement. It also addresses the challenges in using web accessibility tools, such as their
complexity and the dynamic nature of accessibility standards. The paper looks forward to the integration
of emerging technologies like AI, ML, NLP, VR, and AR in accessibility tools, advocating for universal
design and user-centered approaches. This research acts as a crucial guide for organizations aiming to
navigate the changing landscape of web accessibility, underscoring the importance of continuous learning
and adaptation to maintain and enhance accessibility in digital platforms.
KEYWORDS
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PDF LINK:https://aircconline.com/ijwest/V15N1/15124ijwest01.pdf
VOLUME LINK:https://www.airccse.org/journal/ijwest/vol15.html
OTHER INFORMATION:https://www.airccse.org/journal/ijwest/ijwest.html
The document discusses the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) which provide a framework for making web content more accessible. It covers what WCAG is, the principles of Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and Robust, and how WCAG has evolved from version 1 to version 2 to be more testable and flexible. Key changes include clearer success criteria and support for newer technologies like scripting. The document provides examples and guidance on meeting WCAG, including techniques for things like text contrast, navigation and captions.
1. The document describes a tour and travel management system developed by students to allow users to book travel packages and hotels online.
2. The system was developed with HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, and Bootstrap for the front end and Java for the back end. It includes modules for admins, employees, packages, hotels, and customers.
3. Customers can register online, view packages and hotels, book orders, and make payments. The system aims to provide a convenient online booking experience for users.
3 (de 3). Evaluación de Accessibilidad DigitalDCU_MPIUA
The document provides an overview of easy checks that can be performed as part of an initial evaluation of a website's accessibility. It discusses evaluating key aspects such as page titles, image text alternatives, headings, text color contrast, ability to resize text, keyboard navigation, and forms. Performing these basic checks helps identify potential issues in meeting accessibility guidelines and standards. The checks are designed to be quick to perform and can help prioritize more in-depth evaluation of areas needing improvement.
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WCAG 2.0 was published in December 2008. It has many differences to WCAG 1.0 as to rationale, structure and content. Two years later there are still few tools supporting WCAG 2.0, and none of them fully mirrors the WCAG 2.0 approach organized around principles, guidelines, success criteria, situations and techniques. This paper describes the on-going development of an update to the Hera-FFX Firefox extension to support WCAG 2.0. The description is focused on the challenges that we have found and our resulting decisions.
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The document discusses transitioning accessibility evaluation tools to the new WCAG 2.0 standards. It presents an interactive framework for managing guidelines that allows users to create, edit, search and share guidelines. It also details how the framework was used to update an evaluation tool to incorporate WCAG 2.0, decomposing success criteria into automatic and semi-automatic test cases. Over 55% of success criteria could be evaluated automatically using this framework.
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The document discusses transitioning accessibility evaluation tools to the new WCAG 2.0 standards. It presents an interactive framework for managing guidelines that allows users to create, edit, search and share guidelines. It also details how the framework was used to update an evaluation tool to incorporate WCAG 2.0, expressing over half of WCAG 2.0 success criteria as automatic test cases. The framework facilitates collaboratively updating evaluation tools as accessibility standards evolve.
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Functional testing of web and mobile applications consists on impersonating a user through some kind of GUI automation technology, being Selenium the most popular solution nowadays. This piece of research progresses in this area by proposing an advanced User Impersonation as a Service (UIaaS) based on cloud technologies. The proposed approach can be seen as a layered service, in which the top tier is a platform called ElasTest, a Software as a Service (SaaS) testing tool aimed to ease end-to-end testing of different kind of applications. The capability to impersonate user provided by ElasTest is built on the top of a Platform as a Service (PaaS) implemented by extending the W3C WebDriver recommendation with advance features to assess web and mobile applications. Finally, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) layer is used as ground technology. This infrastructure has been implemented by leveraging open source lightweight container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
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In the webinar you can learn how to protect yourself and elderly people often most at risk from the most common online scams that can be especially rife around the festive season.
But anyone can become a victim of digital scams. They are a growing problem in the UK and criminals are using social media, email, and messaging services to target their victims.
Worrying about falling victim to online criminals can, understandably, make some people reluctant to engage in the online world. Recent research from BT Group* highlighted that some older internet users may be less familiar with the online world than others, so this webinar aims to provide valuable tips to vulnerable groups who may not be as online savvy as others.
The benefits of getting online can really make a positive difference to everyone's lives, so stay safe by learning about the common tactics that are used to attempt to fool us all.
What you'll learn:
In this free webinar, speakers from Greater Manchester Police and AbilityNet will share their expertise to help you:
Learn about common online scams to be aware of, particularly over the festive period
Arm yourself with background knowledge about what to avoid
Find out about some of the warning signs
Find out more at: www.abilitynet.org.uk/ScamsWebinar
Attitudes to Digital Accessibility Survey results Oct 2023 webinarAbilityNet
AbilityNet's third Annual Attitudes to Digital Accessibility Survey shows how attitudes to accessibility are changing in the C-Suites of organisations of all shapes and sizes - and it also tells us whether they are delivering on the promises they are making.
In this webinar, guest speakers from IAAP and Open Inclusion join AbilityNet to share the findings of AbilityNet's third annual global survey into Attitudes to Digital Accessibility.
How are organisations and professionals across the globe investing their time and effort in digital accessibility, and what can we learn that can help us in our own organisations?
Find out more: https://abilitynet.org.uk/webinars/attitudes-accessibility-are-changing-global-perspective
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PDF LINK:https://aircconline.com/ijwest/V15N1/15124ijwest01.pdf
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In the webinar you can learn how to protect yourself and elderly people often most at risk from the most common online scams that can be especially rife around the festive season.
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What's New in WCAG 2.2? - AbilityNet webinar
1. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
Outline
• The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• New WCAG 2.2 Success Criteria (A/AA)
• Beyond WCAG 2.2
• Q&A
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WCAG in a nutshell
WCAG is the Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines.
It is a W3C Recommendation.
It has three levels - A, AA, and AAA.
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AAA
AA
A
3. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
History of WCAG – 1.0 to 2.2
WCAG 1.0
May 1999
HTML only
Focused on physical
disabilities
WCAG 2.0
December 2008
All digital content
Big increase in the number and
type of disabilities covered
WCAG 2.1
June 2018
New criteria for low vision,
cognitive impairments and
mobile users
WCAG 2.2
October 2023
Improvements for cognitive
impairments, low vision and
mobility disabilities 3
WCAG 3.0
2028+
A new structure and
conformance model
for WCAG
4. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
What’s new in WCAG 2.2?
A AA AAA
3.2.6 – Consistent Help 2.4.11 – Focus Not
Obscured (Minimum)
2.4.12 – Focus Not
Obscured (Enhanced)
3.3.7 – Redundant Entry 3.3.8 – Accessible
Authentication (Minimum)
3.3.9 – Accessible
Authentication (Enhanced)
2.5.7 – Dragging
Movements
2.4.13 Focus Appearance
2.5.8 – Target Size
(Minimum)
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One Success Criteria Removed
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4.1.1 Parsing (A) removed in WCAG 2.2
• No longer required due to advances in standards and technology
• Failures would fail under other success criteria
• WCAG 2.1 still requires 4.1.1 Parsing (A)
6. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
2.4.11 – Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (AA)
“When a user interface component receives keyboard focus, the component is not
entirely hidden due to author-created content.”
Helps people who use only a
keyboard or assistive technologies
via the keyboard interface to see
where they are on the page at all
times.
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2.4.11 – Focus Not Obscured (Minimum) (AA) Example
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8. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
2.5.7 – Dragging Movements (AA)
“All functionality that uses a dragging movement for operation can be achieved by a
single pointer without dragging.”
Helps people who are unable to
perform dragging movements, for
example, because they use a head
pointer and need a single pointer
alternative.
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2.5.7 – Dragging Movements (AA) Example
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2.5.7 – Dragging Movements (AA) Example (2)
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2.5.8 – Target Size (Minimum) (AA)
“The size of the target for pointer inputs is at least 24 by 24 CSS pixels.”
Helps people using mobile
devices, those with tremors
and other physical
impairments, as well as people
in shaky environments, such
as on a train.
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2.5.8 – Target Size (Minimum) (AA) Examples
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3.2.6 – Consistent Help (A)
“If a web page contains… help mechanisms, and those
mechanisms are repeated on multiple web pages within
a set of web pages, they occur in the same relative order
to other page content, unless a change is initiated by the
user.”
Helps everyone, but particularly people with cognitive
and learning disabilities who are more likely to require
help to complete a process.
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14. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
3.2.6 – Consistent Help (A) Example
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15. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
3.3.7 – Redundant Entry (A)
“Information previously entered by or provided to
the user that is required to be entered again in the
same process is either auto-populated or
available for the user to select.”
Helps people with cognitive disabilities, particularly
those with memory impairments. People with
mobility impairments benefit from not having to
enter as much data.
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16. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
3.3.8 – Accessible Authentication (Minimum) (AA)
A cognitive function test (such as remembering a password or solving a puzzle) is not required
for any step in an authentication process unless that step provides at least one of the following:
• Alternative
• Mechanism
• Object Recognition
• Personal Content
Helps people with cognitive disabilities, particularly related to
memory, reading, numbers or perception-processing to
authenticate, log in, etc.
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Example Conformance for 3.3.8
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Example Failures for 3.3.8
• Requiring users to enter a password or code in a different format from the original, for
example, by requesting a user enter the “1st, 2nd and 6th characters” of a password.
• Password input that requires a user to select each character of a fixed-length password
from individual dropdown fields.
• Blocking users from being able to paste a password into the password field.
• Blocking the use of integrated third-party password managers in input fields.
• Having to manually transcribe a passcode from a secondary device such as a card reader.
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19. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
WCAG 3.0: W3C Accessibility Guidelines
• Easier to understand, more user needs and different types
of content, technology, tools and organisations.
• New structure, conformance modal and a broader scope.
• New conformance levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold.
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20. What’s new in WCAG 2.2? | January 2024
User Research and Best Practice
• Deeper understanding from a user’s
perspective
• Practical insight into a site’s usability
• A more comprehensive accessibility
evaluation
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), like HTML and CSS standards – it is a W3C recommendation.
Internationally recognised and considered Gold Standard for web accessibility.
Used as the accessibility standard for some legislation, e.g. the UK Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations (2018), The European Accessibility Act (2025).
Compliance levels – A, AA, AAA
Usual target is AA, which includes all the A success criteria, this is considered an achievable level of compliance. AAA can be more subjective and difficult to achieve/less feasible.
Four principles, which split into 13 guidelines and then 86 success criteria
WCAG 1.0 – released May 1999. Had A, AA, AAA. Focused on HTML. Very focused on “physical” disabilities.
WCAG 2.0 – Released Dec 2008. Came about as there were big changes in tech, reflected in guidelines. Applied to all digital content, not just HTML. Big increase in the number of disabilities/impairments which it covered.
WCAG 2.1 – June 2018. Built upon 2.0. If you comply with 2.1, you’ll comply with 2.0. More advancements in tech – new criteria focused on improvements for low vision, cognitive and mobile users.
WCAG 2.2 – October 2023. Latest release. Again, built upon 2.1. Backwards compatible, except for 4.1.1 Parsing, which is made obsolete. Improvements for people with cognitive impairments, low vision and mobility disabilities.
WCAG 3.0 – Coming towards the end of the decade. Will involve a new conformance model, new structure and expanding scope beyond just web content. More on that later…
Four new SC focused on cognitive and learning disabilities/neurodivergence.
Three new SC focused on low vision
Two SC to enhance accessibility for those with mobility disabilities
Today we’ll be talking about the A/AA criteria
Parsing removed as advances in standards and technology, including HTML, browsers and assistive technologies, mean that any issues that would fail 4.1.1 would fail other criteria, such as 1.3.1 Info and Relationships (A) or 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (A).
When something receives focus, it is at least partially visible, as people who can’t use a mouse need to see what has keyboard focus.
There is an AAA criterion which requires that there is no overlap at all, the focused item must be fully visible – 2.4.12 Focus Not Obscured (Enhanced) (AAA)
Desktop only
If component receives focus, it or its must not be completely hidden by author created content – e.g. cookie banner.
Common components that may cause this – sticky footers, sticky headers, non-modal dialogs. If the component can be moved around, then only the initial position of the component is relevant.
BBC – Cookie banner passes on most of the in focus apart from the link right at the bottom of the page “Read more about our approach to external linking.
Note: This video has no audio.
For any action that involves dragging, a single pointer alternative is provided, as some people can’t use a mouse or finger to drag items.
Applies to things like drag and drop, sorting
Dragging movements covered in this Success Criterion are pointer interactions where only the start and endpoints matter. With drag and drop, you grab an element at one location (Point A) and then drop it somewhere else (Point B), but the path your pointer takes to get from A to B is not significant.
Desktop and mobile.
If dragging something is possible, an alternative must be provided (for example using a button to move the item from one place to another). This could also be in the form of a dropdown, with options. Or an input field where you can enter a value (colour wheel)
Doesn’t apply if the dragging is essential (page scrolling) or for system level gestures (browser gestures)
Different to Keyboard – Keyboard requires it can be operated with a keyboard. Dragging movements requires the drag can be achieved with a single pointer – applies to touch screen.
Good example: https://www.mapquest.com/search/London - can drag map around. There are also buttons to complete the same functionality
Bad example: https://www.google.com/maps/ - can drag map around. There is no single pointer option for this functionality
Ensure targets meet a minimum size or have sufficient spacing around them, as some people cannot click/tap small buttons that are close together.
Large number of exemptions for when the target is not 24px x 24px (it is undersized):
Spacing – If there is sufficient spacing around the target
Equivalent – Where an alternative target which meets the SC achieves the same functionality.
Inline – Where the line-height of surrounding non-target text restricts the size of the targets.
User agent control – The target size is determined by the user agent, not the author.
Essential – The way the target is presented is essential or legally required.
Desktop and mobile.
Homebase – Social media links, 44x47px – meets the SC.
Brighton Centre – Email/social media links, 18x18px with 8px margin on either side = 26x18px – meaning that there is no overlap horizontally and there are no other targets nearby vertically. Meets the SC by virtue of the spacing exemption.
Put help in the same place when it is on multiple pages, so that when people who need help are trying to find it, they can find it more easily if it is in the same place.
Desktop and mobile.
Help mechanisms, which can be on the page or via link to a different page, are:
Human contact details – Email address, phone number, etc.
Human contact mechanism – Live chat with a person
Self-help option – FAQ page, “How do I” page, etc.
A fully automated contact mechanism – Automated chatbot.
Help can be on the page, or a direct link. If its human and only available at set times, user should be made aware of this.
Doesn’t require help mechanisms are provided, but that when they are, they are located in the “same relative order” across a set of pages.
Few terms to clarify:
“same relative order” – should be in the same place programmatically – in the markup. For example, if it is programmatically in the footer on one page, it programmatically cant be in the header on another.
“same relative order” is also restricted to the zoom level, viewport, orientation, etc, e.g. if it changes when viewed on a mobile device, rather than a desktop site, this is considered a change initiated by the user and is out of scope.
Also only applies to ”multiple web pages within a set of web pages” – user journeys. Eg if youre on a news story and then directed to jobs site, then this is two separate journeys. Again it doesn’t require help is provided, just that when it is, it can be found in the same place.
Examples:
https://www.gov.uk/ - help in the footer.
https://www.currys.co.uk/ - live chat in bottom right – sticky.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/ - FAQ link in footer – when going to login, not there. Different journey.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/ and https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries – WOULD THIS PASS? Help centre different locations visually and programmatically
Don’t ask for the same information twice in the same session/prcess
Some people with cognitive disabilities have difficulty remembering what they have entered before.
Those using assistive technologies such as switch devices, speech input or other AT for people with mobility impairments appreciate the reduced input required.
By making these processes easier via redundant entry, conversion rates for sign-ups, e-commerce and other transactions are likely to increase.
Desktop and mobile.
NB – the information doesn’t need to be stored. If the user closes the process and returns later, they can be asked to re-enter their information again.
Example methods for conformance:
Autocomplete (browser autocomplete doesn’t count)
Select from a dropdown (select a home/business address)
Copy and paste
Checkbox to populate previously entered data (billing address same as billing address)
There are exemptions:
When re-entry is essential (e.g. a memory game)
The information is required to ensure the security of the content (e.g. **** for passcodes and not letting them be copied)
The previously entered info is no longer valid.
Example: “Use my shipping address” (Apple)
Don’t make people solve, recall, or transcribe something to authorise a log in, payment, etc., as some people with cognitive disabilities may struggle to solve puzzles, memorise login details or retype one-time passcodes.
Lets break this down to understand it better. Firstly:
Definition of a Cognitive Function Test: A task that requires the user to remember, manipulate, or transcribe information. Examples include, but are not limited to:
memorization, such as remembering a username, password, set of characters, images, or patterns.
transcription, such as typing in characters;
use of correct spelling;
performance of calculations;
solving of puzzles.
What is an authentication process?
- Confirming identity – logging into an account (shopping, online banking), logging into device (PIN entry), verifying id (making a payment), recovering email/password (forgotten password)
Alternative: Another authentication method that does not rely on a cognitive function test. QR code.
Mechanism: A mechanism is available to assist the user in completing the cognitive function test. Support for password entry by password entry, ability to copy and paste, biometrics
Object Recognition: The cognitive function test is to recognize objects. Select images that have certain objects
Personal Content: The cognitive function test is to identify non-text content the user provided to the Web site. For example they’ve been asked to identify an image they’ve uploaded
It isn’t necessary to provide ALL these options, the SC only requires that at least one of these be made available. Wherever a cognitive function test is required there must be at least one of these. This is for every step of the authentication process.
There is an AAA criterion which doesn’t allow object recognition or personal content to be used – 3.3.9 Accessible Authentication (Enhanced) (AAA)
First example, link via email instead of having to enter password. Provides an alternative method.
Second example, Biometric option, instead of having to enter PIN. Again, provides an alternative.
Third example - CAPTCHA passes if it relies on recognising objects/content from user. Doesn’t pass if required to transcribe a word/number, or do a test. Object recognition/user provided content (e.g. using CAPTCHA) – this is at AA. At AAA this is not allowed.
Fourth example, an OTP code has been sent to a phone.
If using multi-factor authentication, every stage must pass. So if receiving an OTP, it must be possible to copy and paste it from the secondary device to the input field or, for example, an email to then send to the primary device for copy and pasting into the input field. Ensuring the input field accepts copy and paste isn’t enough – it also needs to be possible to copy the code on the primary device. How this happens is out the SC scope, it only requires that the passcode be copiable. Think about device – sent to phone (on desktop).
Give the user choice in how they receive information – email/text/phone call.
Note that there is an alternative login through sign in another way so even if the code cannot be copied, this could potentially pass as there is an alternative method. However one of the other methods to sign in must pass the criteria. It is not sufficient to just provide an alternative, the alternative needs to pass.
Note that this criterion applies to every stage in an authentication process. OTP, PIN entry, email/password recovery.
Caveat for banks – it is difficult to meet accessible authentication AND the legal requirements for banks. These examples only cover the accessibility side, we can’t advise on the financial legalities.
WCAG must be regularly revaluated to ensure it stays up to date with accessibility and technology advancements.
WCAG 3.0 has the same aims as 2.2 but will meet them in a different way.
Easier to understand, meet more user’s needs and address more types of content – web, apps, tools, organisations
Guidelines and outcomes will be more granular (more focused on desired results than the technical means to achieve them).
Conformance methods:
Bronze: Minimum conformance level for WCAG 3.0
Silver: Incentivises organisations to go further to improve accessibility
Gold: For organisations that stand out as exemplary role models in accessibility
New: Assertions: a formal claim of fact from a person or organisation that can be used to support conformance, for example the implementation of a procedure such as training, usability testing or assistive technology testing.
Most recent draft was released on 24th July 2023, it is not expected to become a standard for several more years. Updated drafts will be released every 3-6 months.
WCAG has some restrictions due to its highly technical, pass/fail nature.
WCAG is only the beginning. Many solutions that meet WCAG compliance do not necessarily represent best practice for accessibility for all users.
Testing with disabled users with a wide range or disabilities or impairments at every round of testing offers:
Deeper understanding of accessibility issues from a user’s perspective.
Practical insight into a site’s usability for people with disabilities.
Complements a WCAG audit to give you a more comprehensive accessibility evaluation.
Example of best practice: the requirement for targets to be at least 24x24 CSS pixels passes WCAG 2.2, but the best practice would be at least 44x44 CSS pixels for maximum usability and accessibility.