Techniques for WCAG 2.0

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# G100: Providing the accepted name or a descriptive name of the non-text content

## Applicability

All technologies

This technique relates to:

- Success Criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content)
  - How to Meet 1.1.1 (Non-text Content)
  - Understanding Success Criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content)

## Description

The objective of this technique is to allow users to identify the non-text content even if the non-text content is intended to provide a specific sensory experience. For example, a deaf person may want to know what an audio instrumental file is - even if they cannot hear it. Similarly, a blind person may want to know what the subject of a visual image is - even if they cannot see it.

## Examples

### Example 1

- Example 1: A painting of the Mona Lisa has an alternate text of "Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci"

- Example 2: A sound file has an alternate text of "5 Grade schoolers playing a Theramin".

- Example 3: A famous modern art piece is labeled "Red, Blue and Yellow, by Piet Mondrian"

## Resources

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## Related Techniques

- G68: Providing a descriptive label that describes the purpose of live audio-only and live video-only content

## Tests

### Procedure

1. Check that alternate text provides a descriptive name

2. Check that alternate text provides a name that has be previously been given to the non-text content by the author or another.

### Expected Results

- #1 or #2 is true

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