Web Accessibility Checker : Check Details

Element

object

Error Type

Potential

Guidelines

BITV 1.0 (Level 2)
Level 1
1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element.
Section 508
A - text equivalents
Stanca Act
Requirement 18: Synchronized Text Equivalents For Multimedia
WCAG 1.0 (Level A)
Priority 1
1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AA)
Priority 1
1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element.
WCAG 1.0 (Level AAA)
Priority 1
1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element.

Requirement

object link to multimedia file must have text transcript.

Error

object link to multimedia file may be missing text transcript.

Short Description

object element cannot contain type attribute value of "video".

How To Determine

Question	Does this multimedia file have a text transcript?
PASS	Multimedia file has a text transcript.
FAIL	Multimedia file missing text transcript.

Steps To Check

Procedure

1. Check each object element and view the type attribute value.
2. If the type attribute value is "video" then check the content for a text equivalent for the object.
3. The text equivalent may be within the text of the content or there may be a link to the text equivalent.

Expected Result

1. There must be a text equivalent for the object.

Failed Result

1. Add a text equivalent for the object.
2. The text equivalent may be within the document or in a separate file linked from the content.

Examples

Pass Examples

object element not used.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #77 - Negative</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Fail Examples

object element has type attribute value of "video".

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>OAC Testfile - Check #77 - Positive</title>
</head>
<body>
<object type="video"/>
</body>
</html>