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<meta name="description" content="This document describes how the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) versions 2.0 [WCAG20], 2.1 [WCAG21], and 2.2 [WCAG22] principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to non-web Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), specifically to non-web documents and software. It provides informative guidance (guidance that is not normative and does not set requirements).">
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<h1 id="title" class="title">Guidance on Applying WCAG 2 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)</h1>
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<p id="w3c-state"><a href="https://www.w3.org/standards/types#DNOTE">W3C Group Draft Note</a> <time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-10-22">22 October 2025</time></p>
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<p id="w3c-state"><a href="https://www.w3.org/standards/types#DNOTE">W3C Group Draft Note</a> <time class="dt-published" datetime="2025-10-24">24 October 2025</time></p>
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<dt>This version:</dt><dd>
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<a class="u-url" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/DNOTE-wcag2ict-22-20251022/">https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/DNOTE-wcag2ict-22-20251022/</a>
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<a class="u-url" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/DNOTE-wcag2ict-22-20251024/">https://www.w3.org/TR/2025/DNOTE-wcag2ict-22-20251024/</a>
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</section></section><section id="orientation"><div class="header-wrapper"><h5 id="x6-1-4-5-orientation">1.3.4 Orientation</h5><a class="self-link" href="#orientation" aria-label="Permalink for Section 1.3.4 Orientation"></a></div><p>(Level AA)</p><blockquote class="wcag-quote"><p>Content does not restrict its view and operation to a single display orientation, such as portrait or landscape, unless a specific display orientation is <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/#dfn-essential" title="if removed, would fundamentally change the information or functionality of the content, and information and functionality cannot be achieved in another way that would conform">essential</a>.</p>
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<div class="note" role="note" id="wcag-noteissue-container-generatedID--0"><div role="heading" class="note-title marker" id="wcag-noteh-note--0" aria-level="5"><span>Note</span></div><p class="">Examples where a particular display orientation may be essential are a bank check, a piano application, slides for a projector or television, or virtual reality content where content is not necessarily restricted to landscape or portrait display orientation.</p></div></blockquote>
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<section id="applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-documents-and-software"><div class="header-wrapper"><h6 id="x6-1-4-5-1-applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-documents-and-software">Applying SC 1.3.4 Orientation to Non-Web Documents and Software</h6><a class="self-link" href="#applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-documents-and-software" aria-label="Permalink for Section Applying SC 1.3.4 Orientation to Non-Web Documents and Software"></a></div>
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<p>This applies directly as written, and as described in <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/orientation#intent">Intent from Understanding Success Criterion 1.3.4</a>.</p>
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<div class="note" role="note" id="issue-container-generatedID-48"><div role="heading" class="note-title marker" id="h-note-48" aria-level="7"><span>Note 1 (Added)</span></div><div class="wcag2ict">
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<section id="applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-documents"><div class="header-wrapper"><h6 id="x6-1-4-5-1-applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-documents">Applying SC 1.3.4 Orientation to Non-Web Documents</h6><a class="self-link" href="#applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-documents" aria-label="Permalink for Section Applying SC 1.3.4 Orientation to Non-Web Documents"></a></div>
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<p>This applies directly as written, and as described in <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/orientation#intent">Intent from Understanding Success Criterion 1.3.4</a>, except for non-web documents that will never be displayed on hardware that is reoriented in typical use.</p>
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<p><span>Example (Added): </span>Examples of non-web documents that will never be displayed on hardware that is reoriented in typical use include but are not limited to:</p>
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<li>a building directory that is only displayed on displays (of any type including tablets) that are all fixed to the wall in one orientation,</li>
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</section><section id="applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-software"><div class="header-wrapper"><h6 id="x6-1-4-5-2-applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-software">Applying SC 1.3.4 Orientation to Non-Web Software</h6><a class="self-link" href="#applying-sc-1-3-4-orientation-to-non-web-software" aria-label="Permalink for Section Applying SC 1.3.4 Orientation to Non-Web Software"></a></div>
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<p>This applies directly as written, and as described in <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/orientation#intent">Intent from Understanding Success Criterion 1.3.4</a>, except for non-web software that will never be displayed on hardware that is reoriented in typical use.</p>
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<p>Non-web software that is only used on hardware that supports a single display orientation, or where it is an application that is displayed only on hardware that is physically fixed in one orientation (e.g. a digital building directory) is excluded by the precondition and therefore does not need to provide support for orientation changes.</p></div></div><p></p>
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<p><span>Example (Added): </span>Examples of non-web software that will never be displayed on hardware that is reoriented in typical use include but are not limited to:</p>
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<section class="appendix" id="changelog"><div class="header-wrapper"><h2 id="d-changes-since-the-15-november-2024-note">D. Changes since the 15 November 2024 Note</h2><a class="self-link" href="#changelog" aria-label="Permalink for Section D. Changes since the 15 November 2024 Note"></a></div>
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<ul><li><span>2025-10-21 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/802">Update metadata</a></li><li><span>2025-10-16 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/798">[EDITORIAL] On 2.4.5 Multiple ways "**" should be an endquote</a></li><li><span>2025-10-22 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/794">2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold: Add 2 new notes</a></li><li><span>2025-10-09 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/792">1.4.4 Remove note regarding minimum text size</a></li><li><span>2025-10-10 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/789">1.2.3 and 1.2.5: Add note describing audio descriptions</a></li><li><span>2025-09-26 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/785">1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus: Update note for "links" word replacement</a></li><li><span>2025-09-18 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/778">1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus - additional word substitutions</a></li><li><span>2025-09-11 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/777">2.4.4 Link Purpose: Update Note 1 to simplify and remove "outside a user interface control,"</a></li><li><span>2025-09-16 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/776">1.4.4 Resize text - updates to resolve issue 772 and incorporate EN note</a></li><li><span>2025-08-19 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/768">1.4.10 Reflow: Remove Note 5 from non-web documents</a></li><li><span>2025-08-12 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/765">1.4.4 Resize text - add note from EN 301 549</a></li><li><span>2025-08-12 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/764">2.1.1 Keyboard - Reinstate interpretation for non-web documents</a></li><li><span>2025-07-31 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/748">Make adjustments to 1.4.1 where platforms provide text scaling for all text, but not to 200% for some text</a></li><li><span>2025-07-31 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/744">Add note describing device-independent keyboard interface services</a></li><li><span>2025-07-17 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/718">2.1.1 Keyboard - Updates to notes prompted by the EN 301 549</a></li><li><span>2025-07-03 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/715">1.3.1: Add note for non-web documents from the EN 301 549</a></li><li><span>2025-07-17 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/714">3.1.2 Language of Parts - Add modified EN 301 549 note</a></li><li><span>2025-06-27 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/709">1.4.10: Add note for non-web doc from first 2 paragraphs of non-web software note</a></li><li><span>2025-06-19 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/698">Simplify word replacement in "target" definition to use "content" as word replacement for "page"</a></li><li><span>2025-06-20 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/697">SC 2.2.2: Update Note 5 to give full understanding doc name and link and not use "informative" which has a specific meaning in WCAG</a></li><li><span>2025-06-12 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/683">More consistency changes for note used in 1.4.2, 2.1.2, 2.2.2, and 2.3.1</a></li><li><span>2025-06-16 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/682">Adjust note in 1.4.2, 2.1.2, 2.2.2, and 2.3.1 to be consistent verbiage and avoid use of "must"</a></li><li><span>2025-06-21 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/632">Update 4.1.2 to have a word replacement for "user agent"</a></li><li><span>2025-04-29 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/630">Add Notes 2 and 3 to key term "content"</a></li><li><span>2025-04-25 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/629">Update note 1 of 2.1.1 Keyboard guidance to make it more understandable</a></li></ul></section>
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<ul><li><span>2025-10-21 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/802">Update metadata</a></li><li><span>2025-10-16 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/798">[EDITORIAL] On 2.4.5 Multiple ways "**" should be an endquote</a></li><li><span>2025-10-22 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/794">2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold: Add 2 new notes</a></li><li><span>2025-10-09 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/792">1.4.4 Remove note regarding minimum text size</a></li><li><span>2025-10-10 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/789">1.2.3 and 1.2.5: Add note describing audio descriptions</a></li><li><span>2025-09-26 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/785">1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus: Update note for "links" word replacement</a></li><li><span>2025-10-24 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/780">1.3.4 Orientation - update guidance for non-web documents and software and add examples</a></li><li><span>2025-09-18 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/778">1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus - additional word substitutions</a></li><li><span>2025-09-11 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/777">2.4.4 Link Purpose: Update Note 1 to simplify and remove "outside a user interface control,"</a></li><li><span>2025-09-16 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/776">1.4.4 Resize text - updates to resolve issue 772 and incorporate EN note</a></li><li><span>2025-08-19 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/768">1.4.10 Reflow: Remove Note 5 from non-web documents</a></li><li><span>2025-08-12 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/765">1.4.4 Resize text - add note from EN 301 549</a></li><li><span>2025-08-12 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/764">2.1.1 Keyboard - Reinstate interpretation for non-web documents</a></li><li><span>2025-07-31 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/748">Make adjustments to 1.4.1 where platforms provide text scaling for all text, but not to 200% for some text</a></li><li><span>2025-07-31 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/744">Add note describing device-independent keyboard interface services</a></li><li><span>2025-07-17 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/718">2.1.1 Keyboard - Updates to notes prompted by the EN 301 549</a></li><li><span>2025-07-03 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/715">1.3.1: Add note for non-web documents from the EN 301 549</a></li><li><span>2025-07-17 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/714">3.1.2 Language of Parts - Add modified EN 301 549 note</a></li><li><span>2025-06-27 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/709">1.4.10: Add note for non-web doc from first 2 paragraphs of non-web software note</a></li><li><span>2025-06-19 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/698">Simplify word replacement in "target" definition to use "content" as word replacement for "page"</a></li><li><span>2025-06-20 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/697">SC 2.2.2: Update Note 5 to give full understanding doc name and link and not use "informative" which has a specific meaning in WCAG</a></li><li><span>2025-06-12 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/683">More consistency changes for note used in 1.4.2, 2.1.2, 2.2.2, and 2.3.1</a></li><li><span>2025-06-16 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/682">Adjust note in 1.4.2, 2.1.2, 2.2.2, and 2.3.1 to be consistent verbiage and avoid use of "must"</a></li><li><span>2025-06-21 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/632">Update 4.1.2 to have a word replacement for "user agent"</a></li><li><span>2025-04-29 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/630">Add Notes 2 and 3 to key term "content"</a></li><li><span>2025-04-25 </span><a href="https://github.com/w3c/wcag2ict/pull/629">Update note 1 of 2.1.1 Keyboard guidance to make it more understandable</a></li></ul></section>
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