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Accessibility
To meet WCAG 2.2 success criteria 3.1.1 Language of page and 3.1.2 Language of parts you should make sure the language attribute has been applied properly. This helps things like screen readers to pronounce the content correctly.
In an English/Welsh service this would work as follows.
In the English version of the service:
- the page's default language must be set to English with
- the link text 'Cymraeg' must be set to Welsh with
lang=cy
In the Welsh version of the service:
- the page's default language must be set to Welsh with
- the link text 'English' must be set to English with
lang=en
The inactive toggle text does not need a separate language attribute because it is in the default language of the page.
For more about building accessible services see the DWP Accessibility Manual.
WCAG success criteria
When testing, pay particular attention to the following WCAG success criteria:
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