1.4.5 Images of Text Level AA

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Conformance Levels

Description

If the technologies being used can achieve the visual presentation, text is used to convey information rather than images of text except for the following:

Customizable: The image of text can be visually customized to the user’s requirements;

Essential: A particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed.

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Questions & Answers

Are animated gifs okay to have?

If I have a gif on a site that loops continuously. Is that okay or does it violated the 'can't have repeating flashing stuff' rule?

  • flashes
  • gif
  • images

What are the best accessible wordpress sliders?

I see a lot of WordPress websites (and websites in generally really) using sliders for images and information. I can see how it would be really easy to make an accessible slider. Are there any 'out of the box' accessible WordPress sliders?

  • third party
  • wordpress