Placeholder for timed media Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Do not use filenames, placeholders or empty text as text alternatives for timed media.

Help

Use a text alternative that describes the purpose or content of the media.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F30 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A, 1.2.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.1 F30 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A, 1.2.1 level A)
• WCAG 2.2 F30 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A, 1.2.1 level A)
• Section 508 (2017) F30 (Success Criteria: 1.1.1 level A, 1.2.1 level A)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.28 Dec 2017 Fixed false positive.
• 5.27 Oct 2017 Improved placeholder detection. Changed rule ID from AccWcag2-F30-1 to AccHtmlTimedMediaPlaceholder.
• 5.3 Sep 2013 Fixed false negative.
• 5.1 Jan 2013 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccHtmlTimedMediaPlaceholder