Principle 2 Operable · Guideline 2.4: Navigable
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)
A link – with its context if need be – must reveal where it goes.
What this means in practice
Screen readers can list all links on a page. Twenty entries reading “Learn more” are worthless. Better: “Learn more about the contrast assistant”.
What Wave Access contributes
Wave Access vergibt Namen für Links und Schaltflächen, die nur ein Symbol enthalten – aus Ziel, Titel oder Symbolklasse.
Normative wording
The binding text lives at the W3C. What you read here is our own faithful rendering – not a quotation.