11.2.2.8: Meaninful sequence

Where ICT is non-web software that provides a user interface which is closed to assistive technologies for screen reading and where information is displayed on the screen, the ICT should provide auditory information that allows the user to correlate the audio with the information displayed on the screen.

Notes

1. Many people who are legally blind still have visual ability, and use aspects of the visual display even if it cannot be fully comprehended. An audio alternative that is both complete and complementary includes all visual information such as focus or highlighting, so that the audio can be correlated with information that is visible on the screen at any point in time.
2. Examples of auditory information that allows the user to correlate the audio with the information displayed on the screen include structure and relationships conveyed through presentation.
3. Clause 11.2.1.8 requires information to be in a programmatically determinable form in order for reading sequence to be determined.

Testing methods

Clause 11.2.2.8 is informative only and contains no requirements requiring test.