{"id":474,"date":"2025-03-18T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytookit-admin\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2025-09-25T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:28:30","slug":"checks-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/brickfieldenable-admin\/checks-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Checks introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"474\" class=\"elementor elementor-474\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f33c0c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f33c0c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-067c6ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"067c6ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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For instance, we know that having a suitable \u201calt\u201d description for images is part of the accessibility standards.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Hence, we have several checks which test different aspects of this one example requirement, including but not limited to:<\/p><ul><li>\u201cImage Alt (Alternative) Text should not be missing for image elements\u201d &#8211; this checks that the alt is not empty.<\/li><li>&#8220;Image Alt (Alternative) Text should not be more than the maximum allowed (500) characters&#8221; &#8211; this checks that the alt string is not too long.<\/li><li>\u201cImage Alt (Alternative) Text should not be the image filename\u201d &#8211; this checks that the alt is NOT the filename.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>All these checks are performed on each identifiable piece of HTML content, which have been identified as relevant areas to process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b742f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b742f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">List of checks by group - and status<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dcdfa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dcdfa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Checks are grouped into six HTML content types:<\/div><ul><li>Image<\/li><li>Layout<\/li><li>Link<\/li><li>Media<\/li><li>Table<\/li><li>Text<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1612af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1612af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does this do?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e8d0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e8d0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A comprehensive list of both enabled and potential checks can be found by contacting Brickfield Education Labs directly through clicking &#8220;Submit a request&#8221; at the top right of the page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home &#8211; Using Your Toolkit &#8211; Processes &#8211; Checks introduction Brickfield Enable: Checks introduction Table of Contents Description of checks and how they work with areas What does this do? 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