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Re: which guideline to empty headers go against?

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From: Maxability Accessibility for all
Date: Nov 27, 2016 8:35AM

+1 to 2.4.6 and 1.3.1. I wonder how these defects can be identified if SRs
do not recognize them and a11y checkers do not identify them.

Thanks & Regards
Rakesh

On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 6:55 PM, Birkir R. Gunnarsson <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> In my experience most screen readers ignore empty headings (do not
> include them in their list of headings or enable navigation to them).
> I am not sure if the same applies to headings with white space inside
> them.
> I agree on 1.3.1 and 2.4.6 being the most likely success criteria.
> It is usually not a serious issue for the user, and I believe it is
> fine to lower the accessibility testing tool severity to a warning
> from an error.
>
>
> On 11/22/16, Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> >> Yes, I'd agree it certainly fails 1.3.1 (this is where I normally flag
> >> empty headings in audits).
> >
> > I'd generally agree with this as well.
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> >
> >
> >