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From: Steve Green
Date: Feb 28, 2023 3:19AM

I was about to recommend the same thing. It sounds like you are starting from such a low base that asking questions like this is not going to be an effective way to learn. There are plenty of people and organisations here who could advise on a professional basis, including ourselves.

The questions you asked are good ones, but some of them don't have simple answers. Often the answers we can give just raise more questions.

In the case of the images, it depends on whether they are links, in which case what do the links do. If they are not links, do they convey important information that is not in the surrounding text?

If the images do need a text alternative, this can be provided in a variety of ways. With websites like yours, we often find that the alternate text is stored in the digital asset management system (DAM), so it is always the same wherever that image is used. There are some advantages to that, but also disadvantages because the appropriate alternate text depends on the context in which the image is used. We usually find that images in the DAM have been given alternate text that is a literal description of the image, which is almost always inappropriate.

I don't understand your question about Zoom because you seem to be mixing up text sizing with colour contrast.

Icons and symbols do not need to be scalable, although it would be unusual if they did not increase in size when the browser zoom level is increased.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Questions about accessibility

Hi Kristoffer,

From your mail, I think what you need is an accessibility advisor that can guide you through the process of ensuring the accessibility of your solution..

You are welcome to contact me off-list to discuss how I can help.

Venligst/Kind regards

Lars
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Lars Ballieu Christensen
Rådgiver/Adviser, Ph.D., M.Sc., Sensus ApS Specialister i tilgængelighed/Accessibility Consultants
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On 28/02/2023, 09.28, "WebAIM-Forum on behalf of Kristoffer Baumgarten" < <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> > on behalf of <EMAIL REMOVED> <mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> >> wrote:


Hello!
I’m a student working for a company called Boozt. We’re trying to figuring out how to implement accessibility in best manners.
I have I tried to contact WCAG and was sendt to webaim. But I have no clue how to find my way around this side. So I hope you can help me or answer my questions :)

My questions regarding some of the rules from an e-commerce perceptive.

if when the Accessibility act comes into force a larger e-commerce business has not complied with the requirements, would you be able to give me a indication of potential penalties that such a business could incur?

In rule 1.1.1 it is mentioned that images which showcase some information, should be able to describe that information. Does this mean that, an e-commerce business will be required to have a description of an image for every product that has an image?

If the answer to question 2 is yes, should the image:

be marked as decorative and have a well explained description of the product below

be marked as non-decorative with an accessibility label of “image of brand + product name” and a more well explained description further down the page

be marked as non-decorative and have its own unique description?

If the answer to question 2 is yes, who has the responsibility to make sure that the description is given, the brand/merchant or the e-commerce business selling the brand/merchant’s product?

Apple has a built-in feature “Zoom” so that a user can double-tap with three fingers to zoom in on a part of the screen. Is “zoom” considered as an acceptable solution for rule 1.4.3 where scaling of 4.5:1 is required on example text?

Does icons/symbols by law also need to be scalable? Example we have a basket symbol on our buy button with text says: “buy”. Should both the text and the button scalable?

Best Regard
Kristoffer