A11Y-ZTXT-002

ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input

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MethodScreen-magnifier journey
TesterExperienced magnifier tester
Indicative effort69–100 min small scope

Checks critical journey, reading and input with the real ZoomText with Chrome magnifier at 200% and 400%.

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Purpose

What this test checks

Checks critical journey, reading and input with the real ZoomText with Chrome magnifier at 200% and 400%.

What this result means: This procedure records how ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input behaves on windows-zoomtext-chrome. It can expose evidence relevant to WCAG 1.4.4, 1.4.10 and 2.1.1 for the tested task and environment. Use the linked conformance procedures for WCAG 1.4.4, 1.4.10 and 2.1.1 to assess the complete requirements across the declared conformance scope.

Why it matters

Checks critical journey, reading and input with the real ZoomText with Chrome magnifier at 200% and 400%. People most likely affected: people with low vision who use operating-system or specialist screen magnification. Focus, text cursors, remote changes or task context may move outside the magnified viewport. In the recorded windows-zoomtext-chrome environment, track the visual viewport, pointer, focus, notifications and reading position at the stated magnification; unexpected viewport movement or distant feedback can make the next action impossible to locate.

When to use it

Apply ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input when the frozen desktop task executed with the named screen magnifier and browser at recorded magnification levels. The selected focus is critical journey, reading and input.

Confirm before starting

Mark it not applicable only when

Exceptions

This platform, journey, usability or quality procedure creates no additional normative exception. Apply exceptions only in the linked atomic or criterion-level conformance procedure and preserve that separate decision.

Prepare

What you need

  • The product area and test targets are agreed before testing starts.
  • The operating system, browser, viewport and input method are recorded.
  • Test data is safe to use and does not expose unnecessary personal information.

Targets and required variations

  • The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
  • Default, revealed, loading, empty, validation error, interruption, recovery and confirmation where meaningful.
  • Every required environment, viewport, orientation, language and authenticated state recorded in the frozen scope.

Clean state

  • Complete a known-good calibration in the same environment before product testing.
  • Start from a recorded clean or known state and preserve any prior preferences, extensions, cache or profile settings that can affect output.

Effort estimate

Setup
20 min
Per target
25 min
Evidence
12 min
Technical review
12 min

Assumptions: one short journey at one magnification level and view mode; repeat levels or tracking modes that change interaction

Variation: Add a new per-target execution and evidence allowance for each additional target class or state that could produce a different result. Add setup time for each distinct environment.

Excluded: Client coordination, inaccessible-environment recovery, recruitment, legal review, remediation implementation and waiting time unless the procedure states otherwise.

Execute

Test steps

Follow each action in order. The expected result is always visible; open the guidance when you need setup, tool, evidence, decision or repeat details. Step-level recording is optional while work is in progress and required only to export a completed execution.

Step 1

Prepare the scope, target and environment

Purpose: For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, prepare the named scenario: Prepare the scope, target and environment. Target: The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input. The preparation must establish this result: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

User impact: Focus, text cursors, remote changes or task context may move outside the magnified viewport. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Prepare the scope, target and environment.

Before executing ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, freeze the product version and scope. Inventory each applicable target, select the required starting states, prepare safe test data and record every required environment value. Complete any named known-good calibration before attributing an observation to the product.

Expected result

The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

Failure observation

During ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, the target, starting state, environment or scope record remains ambiguous for the scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment. The preparation result cannot be demonstrated: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Required state
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, the product version and scope are frozen; every selected target and material starting state is uniquely identified.
Tool or command
Use the scope record and worksheet environment fields for ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input: operating_system, operating_system_version, browser, browser_version, viewport_css_pixels, input_method, assistive_technology, assistive_technology_version, magnification_level, magnifier_view_mode, display_scale.
Record
Scope/version reference; target inventory; starting states; safe-data reference; every required environment value; calibration result or reason it is not required.
Pass
Record passed for the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment only when the evidence (Scope/version reference; target inventory; starting states; safe-data reference; every required environment value; calibration result or reason it is not required.) supports: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: During ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, the target, starting state, environment or scope record remains ambiguous for the scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment. The preparation result cannot be demonstrated: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no content, focus movement or task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, correct the setup gap, preserve the original blocked record and start a new execution observation before proceeding.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Prepare the scope, target and environment for ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input in windows-zoomtext-chrome. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, do not begin from an undocumented browser tab, document copy, device state, participant plan or evidence set. Record the exact item you will test first.
Record this step

Step 2

Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode

Purpose: For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, execute the named scenario: Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode. Target: The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input. Compare the observation with this result: No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result.

User impact: Focus, text cursors, remote changes or task context may move outside the magnified viewport. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode.

Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode.

Expected result

No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Required state
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, begin in the recorded default state for the selected critical journey, reading and input target before this action; preserve the exact content, account, platform and configuration used.
Tool or command
In windows-zoomtext-chrome, Use the named real screen magnifier at the recorded magnification and view mode. Follow keyboard focus, text cursor and pointer tracking while completing the action; browser zoom alone is not magnifier evidence.
Record
Panning path, visible viewport, focus/text-cursor/pointer tracking and remote-content change. Record panning path, focus/text-cursor tracking, remote content changes, clipped information and every unmagnified visual intervention.
Pass
Record passed for the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode only when the evidence (Panning path, visible viewport, focus/text-cursor/pointer tracking and remote-content change. Record panning path, focus/text-cursor tracking, remote content changes, clipped information and every unmagnified visual intervention.) supports: No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no content, focus movement or task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat at the procedure's required magnification levels and view modes, including dialogs, errors, notifications and other remote changes. Preserve the first ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input observation when repeating.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode for ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input in windows-zoomtext-chrome. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input: Keep the magnified viewport visible and record where focus, the pointer or a remote update moves outside it. Do not infer a failure solely from a cropped screenshot.
Record this step

Step 3

Complete critical journeys at 400% magnification

Purpose: For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, execute the named scenario: Complete critical journeys at 400% magnification. Target: The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input. Compare the observation with this result: Text remains readable, related labels and inputs can be understood together, and every action completes without unmagnified visual fallback.

User impact: Focus, text cursors, remote changes or task context may move outside the magnified viewport. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Complete critical journeys at 400% magnification.

At 400% magnification, read instructions and complete each critical success, validation and recovery journey using keyboard and the configured magnifier controls.

Expected result

Text remains readable, related labels and inputs can be understood together, and every action completes without unmagnified visual fallback.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Complete critical journeys at 400% magnification, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Text remains readable, related labels and inputs can be understood together, and every action completes without unmagnified visual fallback.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Required state
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, begin in the validation-error state immediately after submitting representative invalid input; preserve the exact content, account, platform and configuration used.
Tool or command
In windows-zoomtext-chrome, Use the named real screen magnifier at the recorded magnification and view mode. Follow keyboard focus, text cursor and pointer tracking while completing the action; browser zoom alone is not magnifier evidence.
Record
Reading, input, validation, recovery and every unmagnified visual intervention. Record panning path, focus/text-cursor tracking, remote content changes, clipped information and every unmagnified visual intervention.
Pass
Record passed for the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Complete critical journeys at 400% magnification only when the evidence (Reading, input, validation, recovery and every unmagnified visual intervention. Record panning path, focus/text-cursor tracking, remote content changes, clipped information and every unmagnified visual intervention.) supports: Text remains readable, related labels and inputs can be understood together, and every action completes without unmagnified visual fallback.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Complete critical journeys at 400% magnification, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Text remains readable, related labels and inputs can be understood together, and every action completes without unmagnified visual fallback.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no content, focus movement or task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat at the procedure's required magnification levels and view modes, including dialogs, errors, notifications and other remote changes. Preserve the first ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input observation when repeating.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Complete critical journeys at 400% magnification for ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input in windows-zoomtext-chrome. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input: Keep the magnified viewport visible and record where focus, the pointer or a remote update moves outside it. Do not infer a failure solely from a cropped screenshot.
Record this step

Step 4

Repeat material variations and recovery

Purpose: For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, execute the named scenario: Repeat material variations and recovery. Target: The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input. Compare the observation with this result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

User impact: Focus, text cursors, remote changes or task context may move outside the magnified viewport. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Repeat material variations and recovery.

Repeat the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input action for each inventoried variation that can change the outcome. Include relevant default, revealed, error, interruption, recovery and confirmation states and complete the selected process from start to finish where this test can affect task completion.

Expected result

Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Required state
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input: Default, revealed, loading, empty, validation error, interruption, recovery and confirmation where meaningful. Every required environment, viewport, orientation, language and authenticated state recorded in the frozen scope.
Tool or command
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, use the same recorded method, then change only the state, environment or recovery condition being compared.
Record
Variation identifier; changed state or environment; start and end points; actual observation; recovery result; intervention; evidence reference and target outcome.
Pass
Record passed for the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery only when the evidence (Variation identifier; changed state or environment; start and end points; actual observation; recovery result; intervention; evidence reference and target outcome.) supports: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no content, focus movement or task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat this action for every required variation of ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input and after a material target, content, state, environment or configuration change. Preserve the original observation.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Repeat material variations and recovery for ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input in windows-zoomtext-chrome. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input, change one material condition at a time where practical. Do not assume that a passing default state covers errors, overlays, orientation changes, interruptions or recovery.
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Decide

How to decide

Passed

Text remains readable, related labels and inputs can be understood together, and every action completes without unmagnified visual fallback.

Failed

An applicable critical journey, reading and input target has a reproducible material barrier against one or more stated expectations; identify the exact expectation, state and evidence.

Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no content, focus movement or task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
Cannot tell
The target is applicable, but conflicting evidence or unresolved responsibility prevents a defensible expectation decision after recorded comparison.
Not tested
An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Aggregation and reporting boundaries

Aggregation: Preserve every target/environment outcome. Any failed target prevents an overall passed procedure result. cantTell and untested remain unresolved; inapplicable is valid only when the completed inventory contains no applicable target.

WCAG decision: This specialist, platform, document, usability or quality result does not set a WCAG success criterion to satisfied or not_satisfied automatically. Use linked atomic and criterion-level procedures for that separate decision.

Automation: A checker, accessibility-tree inspection, emulator or simulated assistive technology is diagnostic evidence only. Complete every required manual, real-platform, contextual and exception check.

Record

Record the result

Record the target, state and observed behaviour. Add evidence or technical details only when needed.

Choose the option that best matches what happened to this target.

Describe the actual behaviour and why it supports the selected result.

When more than one target is recorded, the overall procedure result is calculated from all target results.

Environment: Not set.
Add evidence or details

Choose only the group needed for this record. These fields remain optional for a working draft.

Evidence references

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Test environment

Save a named profile once to reuse the same product, platform and environment details on other procedures in this browser.

Engagement and tester identifiers

Assistive-technology execution confirmation

Use these statements only for work actually performed. Simulation or accessibility-tree inspection does not count as real assistive-technology coverage.

Formal completion and limitations

Identify the frozen list or sampling record used to select every target represented by this execution.

Choose a final result before marking the execution complete. Completed records require the full environment, step, evidence and method-specific information.

Data management

Export before clearing if the record must be retained. Apply the engagement retention schedule and delete browser data when it is no longer needed.

Saved drafts stay in this browser and are not uploaded. Do not enter credentials, secrets or unnecessary personal data.

Reference

Supporting information

Standards and requirement mappings
  • W3C-WCAG22 · 1.4.4 secondary · partial

    This Screen-magnifier journey observes ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input in the recorded windows-zoomtext-chrome environment. Use the linked WCAG 1.4.4 conformance procedure to evaluate all normative parts of WCAG 1.4.4 across the declared scope.

  • W3C-WCAG22 · 1.4.10 secondary · partial

    This Screen-magnifier journey observes ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input in the recorded windows-zoomtext-chrome environment. Use the linked WCAG 1.4.10 conformance procedure to evaluate all normative parts of WCAG 1.4.10 across the declared scope.

  • W3C-WCAG22 · 2.1.1 secondary · partial

    This Screen-magnifier journey observes ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input in the recorded windows-zoomtext-chrome environment. Use the linked WCAG 2.1.1 conformance procedure to evaluate all normative parts of WCAG 2.1.1 across the declared scope.

  • GOVUK-AT-TESTING · GOVUK-AT-TESTING platform · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • W3C-WCAG22-TECHNIQUES · W3C-WCAG22-TECHNIQUES platform · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • FREEDOM-ZOOMTEXT-GUIDE · FREEDOM-ZOOMTEXT-GUIDE platform · supporting

    Vendor documentation defines product operation only. It does not override WCAG or prove product accessibility.

Supporting and advisory guidance

Supporting sources are identified in the mappings and source register. They do not add conformance requirements.

Evidence specification
  • Environment record

    Magnifier/browser versions, display resolution/scale, magnification, view mode, tracking and colour settings.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

  • Viewport record

    Panning path, visible viewport, focus/text-cursor/pointer tracking and remote-content change.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

  • Journey record

    Reading, input, validation, recovery and every unmagnified visual intervention.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

Worked example and outcome calibration

A11Y-ZTXT-002-WORKED-001: representative worked example

Context: Representative synthetic example for ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input on a fictional, version-frozen product target; no client or participant execution occurred.

Inspected: The tester follows S2 (Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode) using the target, required state, tool and repeat rule stated in this procedure.

Observed output: After the tester completes the ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input scenario named Execute in each required view mode supported by the platform, including full-screen and at least one lens, docked, split or picture-in-picture mode, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result.

Evidence:

  • example-evidence-001: target and state record for The selected content, focus movement and complete task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.
  • example-evidence-002: contemporaneous observation from the named method — Panning path, visible viewport, focus/text-cursor/pointer tracking and remote-content change. Record panning path, focus/text-cursor tracking, remote content changes, clipped information and every unmagnified visual intervention.
  • example-evidence-003: comparison note linking the actual observation to the expected result and claim boundary

Tester reasoning: The recorded observation does not demonstrate the expected result: No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result. The failed decision is limited to this synthetic target and state; unexecuted coverage is not inferred.

Decision: failed

Finding: A11Y-ZTXT-002-example-finding-001 — ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input: expected result is not demonstrated. The represented barrier may affect People with low vision who use operating-system or specialist screen magnification.

Remediation: Change the represented target or process so it demonstrates this result: No view-mode-specific barrier is hidden by a passing full-screen result. Then rerun the affected step and every dependent variation.

Reviewer feedback: The reviewer confirms applicability, environment, actual-versus-expected comparison, evidence references and bounded wording; unsupported product-wide or conformance language is removed.

Final client wording: Synthetic training finding: the sampled ZoomText with Chrome: critical journey, reading and input target does not meet the procedure expectation in the recorded state. User impact and broader scope require evidence from the buyer's real execution.

Retest: Synthetic retest example: after the represented change, repeat the failed step plus material error and recovery states. Close the finding only when new evidence demonstrates the expected result; otherwise retain the non-pass outcome.

Boundary: This is a representative, synthetic worked example for training and calibration. It is not evidence from a client product, participant or real assistive-technology execution.

Outcome calibration

Passed
In windows-zoomtext-chrome, the selected critical journey, reading and input target completes the recorded action and meets this expectation: Text remains readable, related labels and inputs can be understood together, and every action completes without unmagnified visual fallback.

The example is a calibration scenario, not an execution or approval.

Failed
An applicable critical journey, reading and input target produces a reproducible barrier during the named action, with the exact state and affected user task recorded.

A failed target remains failed even if another environment or target passes.

Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no content, focus movement or task relevant to critical journey, reading and input.

Inapplicable requires a completed inventory showing that no target matches applicability; a missing environment is not inapplicable.

Cannot tell
The critical journey, reading and input target is applicable, but conflicting product/platform evidence or missing authoritative information prevents a defensible responsibility or expectation decision.

Record the conflict, comparisons attempted and person or evidence needed to resolve it.

Not tested
The critical journey, reading and input target is applicable, but a required state, complete process or real environment was not executed.

Untested remains incomplete and cannot be converted to passed or inapplicable.

Sampling, complete processes and platform limitations

Run each selected critical journey from start to finish, including its main error and recovery paths. Record which journeys and states were included.

If this check is part of a user journey, test the selected journey from start to finish, including relevant errors and recovery. Record any path that was not tested.

  • Screen magnification and browser zoom are different technologies. Coverage applies only to the exact recorded magnifier/browser configuration.
  • Check relevant browser, tool or assistive-technology release notes before assigning unexpected behaviour to the product.
  • If responsibility is unclear, record the reproducible behaviour and use cannot tell until it is resolved.
Related procedures
  • A11Y-WCAG-015
  • A11Y-WCAG-017
  • A11Y-WCAG-021
ACT rules and WCAG technique traceability

This is a project-authored manual procedure, not a W3C Approved ACT Rule. An ACT result can support only the part of this procedure covered by that rule. It does not replace the remaining manual or assistive-technology checks.

No supporting W3C Approved ACT Rule is selected for this procedure.

  • Understanding SC 1.4.4. Techniques are examples, not extra requirements. Record any technique or common failure used, but decide the result against the success criterion.
  • Understanding SC 1.4.10. Techniques are examples, not extra requirements. Record any technique or common failure used, but decide the result against the success criterion.
  • Understanding SC 2.1.1. Techniques are examples, not extra requirements. Record any technique or common failure used, but decide the result against the success criterion.
Review history and source register
  1. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Reworked for plain language, case-focused steps, scoped evidence and transparent draft review status.
  2. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Migrated to professional catalogue schema v3 with separated outcomes, structured authority, applicability, evidence, decision and review records.
  3. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Specialist procedure mapped to its task family and current first-party platform guidance and checked for internal consistency; competent review and real execution remain separate.
  4. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Added explicit preparation and variation/recovery steps plus a bounded representative worked example for paid-template use.
  5. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Procedure guidance and presentation simplified without changing draft governance status.

Review decision: pending. Open issues: Execute all required real environments and calibration cases.; Complete a distinct competent review and retain any unresolved material finding as blocked or cantTell.

WCAG
SC 1.4.4, SC 1.4.10, SC 2.1.1
Execution
Real device and assistive technology
Catalogue version
2026.08.27-rc.9