The Checkpoints

Each of the checkpoints defined in the WCAG document are presented here in one of three tables; Tables 7.1 through 4.4 show the checkpoints for each priority level. The tables are organized by priority and include the feature that the checkpoint covers (general issues, images, and so on) and the instruction.

Table 7.1. Priority One Checkpoints
XHTML FeatureCheckpoint
GeneralProvide atext equivalent for every non-text element(includes images, image maps, animations, applets and programmatic objects, ascii art, frames, scripts, sounds, audio, and video).
 All information conveyed with color is available if the color were removed.
 Clearly identify any changes in natural language for both documents and text-equivalent sections.
 Documents ...

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