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From: Duff Johnson
Date: Sep 29, 2020 1:42PM

Hi Steve,

Yes, 1.1.1. If the text isn't readable, it isn't text, so 1.1.1 mandates OCR validation.

Duff.

> On Sep 29, 2020, at 15:10, Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> Duff, which WCAG success criteria would you say the document fails? You could argue that it fails 1.1.1 because the glyphs are non-text content and they do not have text equivalents that serve the same purpose. Or were you thinking of something else?
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> Steve
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