When is a success criterion considered not applicable during an audit?

Question

When is a success criteria not applicable?

Answer

The most common reason a success criterion would not be applicable is if there is no content related to that requirement on the page—for example, success criteria around video content, like captions and transcripts. If there’s no video content on the page, then those criteria would not be applicable in that case, and you would note that in your accessibility conformance report.

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