- Success Criterion 3.1.2
- Conformance level AA
Language Attribute Copy-Pasted Onto the Wrong Piece of Text
3.1.2 — Language of Parts
Scenario
Setting
A survey tool's question builder
What’s wrong
Wrong part-level lang values inherited from copy-paste.
Example
During an audit of a survey tool's question builder: wrong part-level lang values inherited from copy-paste.
Why it matters
Screen-reader users hearing mixed-language content with the wrong voice rules. The practical effect on a survey tool's question builder: they hear the wrong pronunciation throughout.
How to test
Inspect a lang attribute that appears to be copy-pasted or inherited incorrectly at the part level: verify it matches the actual language of that specific text.
How to fix
The passage in another language must carry its own correct lang attribute.
Outcome
That one change on a survey tool's question builder means they hear the correct pronunciation.
Who is affected
Screen-reader users hearing mixed-language content with the wrong voice rules.
Learn more
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Related scenarios
- No Way to Programmatically Tell Which Language a Passage Uses
- Foreign-Language Quote or Phrase With No Language Attribute
- Language Switcher Link With No Language Tag of Its Own
- Mixed-Language Legal or Product Text Left Entirely Unmarked
- Bilingual Layout Where One Column’s Language Goes Unmarked
- User-Generated Content in Another Language Never Tagged