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Accessibility Score

35Poor

Issues Found

61Critical2Serious3Moderate

Issues Found

Images must have alternative text

Screen readers cannot translate images into text without alt attributes. Alternative text is essential for blind users and beneficial for users with low vision or color blindness, providing the same information that sighted users get from viewing the image.

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Failing Elements

img
<img src="data:image/png;base6...">

Fix any of the following:

  • Element does not have an alt attribute
  • aria-label attribute does not exist or is empty
  • aria-labelledby attribute does not exist, references elements that do not exist or references elements that are empty
  • Element has no title attribute
  • Element's default semantics were not overridden with role="none" or role="presentation"
Documents must have <title> element to aid in navigation

The page title is the first thing screen reader users hear when loading a page. Without a descriptive, unique title, users must read through the entire page to understand its contents and purpose, wasting valuable time on every page visit.

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Failing Elements

html
<html>

Fix any of the following:

  • Document does not have a non-empty <title> element
<html> element must have a lang attribute

Screen readers need language information to switch between pronunciation libraries. Without a specified language, screen readers default to the user's preferred language, resulting in incorrect pronunciation that sounds like a strange accent and makes content difficult or impossible to understand.

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Failing Elements

html
<html>

Fix any of the following:

  • The <html> element does not have a lang attribute
Document should have one main landmark

Every page should have exactly one main landmark that identifies the primary content. Without a main landmark, screen reader users must navigate through all content linearly to find what they're looking for, making page navigation difficult and time-consuming.

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Failing Elements

html
<html>

Fix all of the following:

  • Document does not have a main landmark
Page should contain a level-one heading

Screen reader users use keyboard shortcuts to jump directly to the first h1, expecting to land at the main content. Without an h1 or with a misplaced one, users must listen to more of the page to understand its structure, wasting valuable time on every page visit.

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Failing Elements

html
<html>

Fix all of the following:

  • Page must have a level-one heading
All page content should be contained by landmarks

Content should be organized within high-level landmark regions like <header>, <navigation>, <main>, and <footer>. Content outside these sections is difficult to find and its purpose may be unclear, making navigation inefficient for screen reader users who rely on landmarks to understand page structure.

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Failing Elements

.w-full.flex-col[rpl=""]
<div class="items-center flex flex-col w-full" rpl="">

Fix any of the following:

  • Some page content is not contained by landmarks

Passed Audits

All page content should be contained by landmarks

Content should be organized within high-level landmark regions like <header>, <navigation>, <main>, and <footer>. Content outside these sections is difficult to find and its purpose may be unclear, making navigation inefficient for screen reader users who rely on landmarks to understand page structure.

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Audit Elements

body > div
<div>
.false
<div class="items-center flex flex-col w-full box-border false overflow-hidden">
img
<img src="data:image/png;base6...">
.pb-md
<div class="items-center flex flex-col w-full box-border gap-md pb-md px-md">
.max-w-\[480px\]
<div class="items-center flex flex-col max-w-[480px] text-center">
.font-bold
<div class="font-bold text-24 text-neutral-content-strong">You've been blocked by network security.</div>
.text-16
<div class="text-16 text-neutral-content-weak">
.text-16 > .pt-md
<div class="pt-md">
br:nth-child(1)
<br>
br:nth-child(2)
<br>

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Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text

Duplicating alternative text adjacent to an image or link forces screen readers to announce the same information twice. This redundancy is unnecessary and confusing, especially when image buttons repeat their labels in nearby text.

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Audit Elements

img
<img src="data:image/png;base6...">
aria-hidden="true" must not be present on the document body

Setting <body aria-hidden="true" hides all page content from assistive technologies while leaving it visible on screen. This creates a confusing experience where keyboard users can still tab to elements, but screen readers remain completely silent, providing no information about what's focused.

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Audit Elements

body
<body class="theme-beta">
Elements must meet minimum color contrast ratio thresholds

People with low vision or color blindness cannot read text that lacks sufficient contrast with its background. With nearly three times more people having low vision than total blindness, and 8% of men and 0.4% of women having color deficiencies, adequate contrast is essential for making text readable to millions of users.

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Audit Elements

.font-bold
<div class="font-bold text-24 text-neutral-content-strong">You've been blocked by network security.</div>
.text-16 > .pt-md
<div class="pt-md">
.button-primary > span > .gap-xs
<span class="items-center flex gap-xs">Log in</span>
.button-secondary > span > .gap-xs
<span class="items-center flex gap-xs">File a ticket</span>
Interactive controls must not be nested

Nested interactive elements create empty tab stops where screen readers remain silent. When users tab to a focusable element inside another interactive control, they receive no information about its name, role, or state, creating a confusing and broken navigation experience.

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Audit Elements

img
<img src="data:image/png;base6...">
Links must have discernible text

Keyboard users and screen reader users can only interact with links that have accessible names and can receive focus. Without proper names, users don't know where links lead. Without keyboard focus, users who cannot use a mouse cannot activate the links at all.

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Audit Elements

.button-primary
<a class="items-center justify-center button button-medium inline-flex px-[var(--rem14)] button-primary" href="https://www.reddit.com/login/" rpl=""><span class="items-center flex justify-center"><span class="items-center flex gap-xs">Log in</span> </span></a>
.button-secondary
<a class="items-center justify-center button button-medium inline-flex px-[var(--rem14)] button-secondary" href="https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=21879292693140" rpl="">

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