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RAAMA

10.2 On each screen, is the reading sequence by assistive technologies consistent?

WCAG references
  • 1.3.2 Meaningful sequence (A)
  • 2.4.3 Focus order (A)

Official methodology to test criterion 10.2

Test 1 (10.2)

iOS and Android
  1. Activate the screen reader.
  2. Navigate all the elements on the screen using the screen reader gestures and check that the order of access to the elements on the screen (interactive components and text) remains consistent. The order does not have to follow the natural reading order (from left to right and from top to bottom, for example) as long as the elements are accessible in a coherent order that does not cause comprehension problems.
  3. Identify components on the screen (buttons for example) that update content (display hidden elements, dynamic content updates for example):
    1. activate the component;
    2. after displaying the updated content, check that the screen reader's path remains consistent.
  4. If this is the case, the criterion is validated. Example of content whose implementation causes comprehension problems: An arrival time and a departure time are displayed on the screen in the form of two blocks of visual information (arrival time 17:00; departure time 18:00). The screen reader sequentially reaches "arrival time" then "departure time" then "17:00" and finally "18:00". The reading order does not correspond to the visual order, and the reading order is problematic because it does not allow the information to be linked together.