Deceptive Patterns and FAST

Text Alternatives Examples User Need

Text Alternatives

Technology Provide a mechanism for author to create text alternatives and associate with content

Define parseable and semantically rich content encoding that supports automated creation of text alternatives

Provide color definition features that allow authors to set colors to meet requirements

Provide color definition features that allow users to override author-set colors

Content Author Create text alternative content and associate with primary content using features of the content technology

Encode content using a content technology that is sufficiently rich that machines can create useful automated text alternatives

Use only colors that meet luminosity contrast guidelines

User Agent Expose text alternatives provided by the author

Create automated text alternative content based on the semantics of the primary content

Provide a feature for users to override author colors

Todd Libby - 8 November, 2022 @toddlibby - Connect Tech