Sensory Characteristics

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Sensory Characteristics

Sensory Characteristics: Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of components such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, or sound. (Level A)

Note: For requirements related to color, refer to Guideline 1.4.

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1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics

An instruction provided to help people understand and operate webpage content never depends solely on sensory characteristics that some people can’t sense. Such characteristics include shape, size, visual location, orientation, and sound. (Level A)

Note: For requirements related to color, refer to Guideline 1.4.