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Speech Not Relied On

Group: input-operation • Guideline: speech-and-voice-input

Summary in Plain English

Content and functionality cannot depend on speech alone, unless speech input is essential to what the function is.

Why It Matters

Requiring speech excludes people who are non-speaking, who have a speech difference, who use a communication device, or who are in a setting where they cannot speak.

Scope: When This Applies

The draft's own conditions, quoted from guidelines/groups/input-operation/speech-and-voice-input/speech-not-relied-on.md.

Except when

Speech input is essential to the functionality.

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Verbatim from guidelines/groups/input-operation/speech-and-voice-input/speech-not-relied-on.md · informative document: informative/guidelines/input-operation/speech-and-voice-input/speech-not-relied-on.md

Content or functionality does not rely on speech alone.

:::except-when
- Speech input is essential to the functionality.
:::

Speech Not Relied On

Summary in Plain English

Why It Matters

Scope: When This Applies

Except when

Test Procedure from the W3C Draft

Methods Suggested Upstream

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WCAG 2.2 Criteria That Map Here

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