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Re: Where text exists but cannot be read by screenreader - which checkpoint?

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From: Steve Green
Date: Nov 9, 2023 6:50PM

If you are doing a WCAG audit, you should not report issues in terms of assistive technology behaviour (although a lot of testers do, especially those who can't read code). You need to identify the root cause, which will require analysis of the code. Once you know the root cause, you will be able to tell if it maps to a WCAG success criterion.

Not all adverse behaviours map to WCAG success criteria, in which case you can't report it as a non-conformance. You may be able to report it outside the WCAG test report, but that will depend on whether your organisation allows that.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd