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Is an alternative to images always available ?

Recommendation 

Pictures

A People

B Planet

B Prosperity

Difficulty

*

Priority

High

Récurrence

OnUpdate

Tests

Does each image have alt text?

Precisions

Accessibility assistants must be able to use a description of the information carried by the image in order to allow a good understanding of the service without seeing the image.

Use Case

Source code / CHROME: extension lighthouse / accessibility

CF RGAA 4 criteria 1.1 to 1.9

Additional elements

Operational issues related to the project

Posts

Rule for assessing the level of compliance of the criterion

Number of images analyzed / Number of images

Life cycle

Conception

13 other criteria related to the recommendation: Reduce the footprint of static content

Recommendation Essential

Pictures

Have the images been compressed upstream in a format suitable for viewing ?

Recommendation

Pictures

What images are really meaningful and useful for understanding the service (examples: logo, images, links, contractual images, etc.) ?

Recommendation

Pictures

What images can we avoid (not useful for understanding the service) ?

Recommendation

Text

Can text replace certain types of images (icons, picto ...) ?

Advice

Animated content

Is the information overlay removed ?

Recommendation

Text

Has the impact of internationalisation (multi-languages, etc.) been assessed ?

Recommendation

Text

Is there a limit to the number of different fonts ?

Recommendation

Text

Do you prefer system fonts ?

Advice

Forms

Is the configuration of the form minimal (so as not to overload the code for unhelpful styles) ?

Recommendation

Forms

Does the form allow the user to disable dynamic functions (ex: auto completion) ?

Recommendation

Forms

Are the forms useful (example: not creating an account for the purchase of a product / service - e-commerce) ?

Advice

Forms

Are robots banned and unsolicited access treated by inexpensive solutions (captcha vs "addition", ....) ?

Recommendation

Forms

When selection lists are available, are they limited to values ​​relevant to the service user ?