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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Apr 29, 2015 2:10PM

Hey guys

My understanding of the original post was that the symbol was being
used along with the word .. think
<code>
<a href="go back script">&lt;<span>Back</span></a>
</code>
the lt is the less than symbol.
So this way the symbol alone is not being used to communicate the
purpose of the link or button, it is being used as a visual reference
for label already there, to enhance it for sighted users.
It can annoy a screen reader user when that user hears the symbol
being pronounced by screen reader, but it can happen.
I see this a lot when content is used in CSS: before classes.
Again, Sarah might be right here, and I was wrong on this.
-B


On 4/29/15, Bourne, Sarah (ITD) < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> That would be a failure under 1.3.3 - see F26: Failure of Success Criterion
> 1.3.3 due to using a graphical symbol alone to convey information
> (http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20140916/F26 )
> " The objective of this technique is to show how using a graphical symbol to
> convey information can make content difficult to comprehend. A graphical
> symbol may be an image, an image of text or a pictorial or decorative
> character symbol (glyph) which imparts information nonverbally. Examples of
> graphical symbols include an image of a red circle with a line through it, a
> "smiley" face, or a glyph which represents a check mark, arrow, or other
> symbol but is not the character with that meaning."
>
> The key part here is the use of a symbol that means something different, for
> instance, the symbol > means "greater than" not "next".
>
> 1.3.3 is level A.
>
> sb
> Sarah E. Bourne
> Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT
> Commonwealth of Massachusetts
> 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 1601 Boston MA 02108
> 617-626-4502
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
> http://www.mass.gov/MassIT
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