A document with an English sentence that contains a phrase in French that has become part of the English language in England. The change from English to French is not identified. (The span element containing the phrase in French does not have a lang attribute with the value "fr" for French.) No language identification for French phrase that has become part of English Christophe.Strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be en Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 2005-09-01 validated Specifying the language of content: the lang attribute

This test case is intended to pass because the French phrase has become part of English in England, so there is no requirement to identify the change in language in WCAG 2.0 (20 June 2005 Working Draft), even though this was required in WCAG 1.0.

Check whether any change in natural language is correctly identified - be aware of phrases that have already become part of the main language.

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A screen reader user should be able detect the change in language in the document's content.

The expression “je ne sais quoi” has become part of English in England, so the phrase does not require a lang attribute. See WCAG's bugzilla issue #1567 (http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=1567).

A screen reader user should be able detect the change in language in the document's content.

The expression “je ne sais quoi” has become part of English in England, so the phrase does not require a lang attribute. See WCAG's bugzilla issue #1567 (http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=1567).

A screen reader user should hear the change in language in the screen reader's speech synthesizer.

“je ne sais quoi” has become part of English in England, so the phrase does not require a lang attribute. However, WCAG 1.0 required a lang attribute for every single change in natural language, even for single words.