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Translating W3C Standards for Designers, Developers, QA & Product teams

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WCAG 3.0 is an active W3C Working Draft in development by the AGWG. Requirements, assertions, the conformance model and reporting tiers are still being developed and may change. The latest published draft is the 10 September 2026 Working Draft; this site follows the editorsโ€™ draft, which also includes exploratory provisions.

developing Supplemental requirement

Caption Language Adjustable

Group: images-and-media • Guideline: captions

Summary in Plain English

Where captions exist in more than one language, there is a way for the user to choose between them.

Why It Matters

Captions in the wrong language are no more use than no captions. This matters most where an audience shares a region but not a first language.

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