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Non-text alternatives

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Key Terms

accessibility support set

group of user agents and assistive technologies you test with

The AGWG is considering defining a default set of user agents and assistive technologies that they use when validating guidelines.

Accessibility support sets may vary based on language, region, or situation.

If you are not using the default accessibility set, the conformance report should indicate what set is being used.

accessibility supported

available and working in the user agents and assistive technology in the accessibility support set

The working group intended to include a default accessibility support set. See Default accessibility support set #277.

content

information, sensory experience and interactions conveyed

human language

language that is spoken, written, or signed (through visual or tactile means) to communicate with humans

See also sign language.

programmatically determinable

meaning of the content and all its important attributes can be determined by software functionality that is accessibility supported

sign language

a language using combinations of movements of the hands and arms, facial expressions, or body positions to convey meaning

text

sequence of characters that can be programmatically determined, where the sequence is expressing something in human language