WCAG 1.4.7 Low or No Background Audio requires speech to be easily heard without distracting background sounds, unless specific exceptions apply. Here’s how to test it using automated, AI-based, and manual methods.
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I am starting a series of articles, titled “Baby Steps Accessibility;” laser-focused on a particular task that will improve your digital product’s level of accessibility. The audience for these articles is everyone, however specifically those people new to digital accessibility, who haven’t a clue where to begin. We all have to start somewhere. What’s most important is to just start.
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WCAG 1.4.6 Contrast (Enhanced) ensures that text and images of text have an increased contrast ratio. Learn the pros and cons of the different testing methods; automated, AI-based and manual.
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WCAG 1.4.5 Images of Text states that text should be displayed using actual text, not images of text, so it can be resized, styled, and interpreted by assistive technologies. This article highlights the pros and cons to using automated, AI-based and manual based testing.
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Testing WCAG 1.4.4 Resize Text (Level AA) requires that users can enlarge text up to 200% without losing content or functionality. Automated tools flag code issues, AI highlights visual layout problems, and manual testing confirms usability, ensuring text remains readable, functional, and scroll-free at larger sizes.
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Testing methods for WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum), ensuring text and images of text maintain a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 against their background.
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Testing WCAG 1.4.2 ensures users can pause, stop, or control the volume of any audio that plays automatically for over 3 seconds, without affecting system volume.
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WCAG 1.4.1 Use of Color is a Level A conformance level Success Criterion. It requires that color alone must not be used to convey information.
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eCommerce is under intense legal scrutiny, making accessibility non‑negotiable. Quick fixes are not defensible. High‑quality, sustainable implementation protects your bottom line, reputation, and, most importantly, ensures your store is usable for all.
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Testing approaches for WCAG 1.3.6 Identify Purpose (Level AAA), which supports adaptable, personalized content for users with cognitive and learning disabilities.
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WCAG 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose ensures that each input field’s purpose can be programmatically determined if it matches a defined input purpose and is implemented using technologies that support semantic identification of form data.
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WCAG 1.3.4 Orientation is a Level AA conformance level Success Criterion that ensures content should not limit viewing and interaction to only one screen orientation (portrait or landscape), unless a specific orientation is absolutely necessary.
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The European Accessibility Act, the landmark EU directive placed into national law on June 28, 2022, is fully enforceable as of today, June 28, 2025.
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WCAG 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics is a Level A conformance level Success Criterion. It ensures that instructions for understanding and using content is not depend only on sensory attributes like shape, color, size, visual position, orientation, or sound.
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Portable Document Format, or PDF, is a popular file format that many people use to quickly and conveniently publish content online. While PDFs may offer convenience for some, they create significant barriers for others. In fact, in many cases, PDFs completely block access for people who rely on assistive technology like screen readers.
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“It takes two to tango” when it comes to Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Some source applications do a better job at generating accessible PDF files than others. Following is a roundup of common applications that can generate PDFs, and the capability of creating accessible files.
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WCAG 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence ensures that the order of content on a webpage makes sense, even when someone isn’t looking at it visually.
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WCAG 1.3.1 Info and Relationships states that information, structure, and relationships conveyed by the presentation must be discernible through text or programmatically.
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WCAG 1.2.9 Audio-only (Live) is a Level AAA conformance level Success Criterion. It states that an alternative for time-based media that presents equivalent information for live audio-only content is provided.
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WCAG 1.2.8 Media Alternative (Prerecorded) is a Level AAA conformance level Success Criterion. It states that an alternative for time-based media is provided for all prerecorded synchronized media and for all prerecorded video-only media.
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