Bow Tie Kreative WCAG Grammar

Registry · Perceivable

1.2.3 — Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)

Level A Perceivable

Operational summary

IF recorded synchronized media includes visual information, supply audio description OR an equivalent time-based media alternative, subject to the identified alternative-to-text exception. Passing this criterion alone does not settle AA audio-description requirements.

This is an original implementation summary, not replacement normative text. The sources below supply the precise requirement, its definitions and its qualifications.

Primary sources

Registry record

Applicability and assessment start unset by design — no product has been evaluated. Instantiate the entry for an actual product, assign an owner and retain evidence.

data/wcag22-aa-registry.json
{
  "criterion_id": "1.2.3",
  "level": "A",
  "name": "Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)",
  "rule_definition": "../03-WCAG22-AA-REGISTRY.md#sc-1-2-3",
  "normative_source": "https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#audio-description-or-media-alternative-prerecorded",
  "understanding_source": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/audio-description-or-media-alternative-prerecorded.html",
  "applicability_status": "NOT_EVALUATED",
  "assessment_status": "NOT_TESTED",
  "owner": null,
  "test_instance_ids": [],
  "exception_evidence_ids": []
}

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