WCAG 1.4.5
Images of Text
- Level AA
- WCAG 2.0
- Principle 1: Perceivable
- EN 301 549: 9.1.4.5
In short
Text is used rather than images of text except where essential or customizable.
How Percelia tests it
Percelia detects some cases automatically with rules; the rest needs AI or human judgment. Anything ambiguous goes to human review.
This criterion is judgment-bound and is always put to a human reviewer at Percelia, even at high confidence.
Official source
W3C Understanding document (w3.org)
Criteria under the same guideline
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