Web checklist

Use accessibility supported technologies. Any information or functionality that is implemented in technologies that are not accessibility supported must also be available via technologies that are accessibility supported.

Technology features can be relied upon to conform to WCAG 2.0 success criteria only if they are used in a way that is accessibility supported (link resides outside of ibm.com).

Basically, a Web content technology is accessibility supported when users' assistive technologies work with the Web technology and when the accessibility features of mainstream technologies work with the Web technology. Using a technology in a way that is accessibility supported means that it works with assistive technologies (AT) and the accessibility features of operating systems, browsers and other user agents.

To fully understand what it means for a technology to be accessibility supported, please carefully review the Understanding Accessibility Support section of the Understanding Conformance document of WCAG 2.0 (link resides outside of ibm.com).

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Compliance with this checkpoint requires all of the following techniques be met.

1. Only accessibility supported (link resides outside of ibm.com) ways of using technologies are relied upon to satisfy the checkpoints in this checklist.
2. Any information or functionality that is provided in a way that is not accessibility supported is also available in a way that is accessibility supported.

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Testing techniques are not needed for this checkpoint. It is up to the developer to determine if they have fully satisfied the definition of accessibility-supported as defined in the Understanding Accessibility Support section (link resides outside of ibm.com) of the Understanding Conformace document (link resides outside of ibm.com) of WCAG 2.0.

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