a11y teacher edition W3C WCAG 2.2 & WCAG 3.0 draft reference
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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.

exploratory Core requirement

Non-verbal cues identified in captions

Group: images-and-media • Guideline: captions

Summary in Plain English

An exploratory requirement: nonverbal cues needed to understand the media are explained in the captions.

Why It Matters

Tone, sarcasm and emotion carry meaning that the words alone do not. Captions that omit them can invert what a scene means.

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