A page with content in American English. The lang and xml:lang attribute on the html element contain the correct language and subcode: "en-US" for American English. Correct language code and subcode for content in American English Christophe.Strobbe@esat.kuleuven.be en Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 2005-09-02 validated Specifying the language of content: the lang attribute

This test case is intended to pass because the primary natural language is correctly defined. Subcodes to identify versions of languages are not required.

This test case can be evaluated automatically when using a test tool with reliable automatic language recognition for American English, support for lang and xml:lang attributes and language tags.

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You need a screen reader that supports American English (e.g. by selecting automatic language recognition). We will present you a sentence in American English. Please just listen to the text and how it sounds to you.

U hebt een schermlezer nodig die Amerikaans Engels ondersteunt (bv. door het selecteren van automatische taalherkenning). U krijgt een zin in het Amerikaans Engels te horen. Luister gewoon naar de tekst en hoe hij klinkt.

Did your screen reader read the text in American English ?

Las uw schermlezer de tekst in het Amerikaans Engels voor ?

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You need a screen reader that supports American English (e.g. by selecting automatic language recognition). We will present you a sentence in American English. Please just listen to the text and how it sounds to you.

U hebt een schermlezer nodig die Amerikaans Engels ondersteunt (bv. door het selecteren van automatische taalherkenning). U krijgt een zin in het Amerikaans Engels te horen. Luister gewoon naar de tekst en hoe hij klinkt.

Did your screen reader read the text in American English ?

Las uw schermlezer de tekst in het Amerikaans Engels voor ?

 1 -1 -2 low vision

You need a talking browser that supports American English (e.g. by selecting automatic language recognition). We will present you a sentence in American English. Please just listen to the text and how it sounds to you.

U hebt een sprekende browser nodig die Amerikaans Engels ondersteunt (bv. door het selecteren van automatische taalherkenning). U krijgt een zin in het Amerikaans Engels te horen. Luister gewoon naar de tekst en hoe hij klinkt.

Did your talking browser read the text in American English ?

Las uw sprekende browser de tekst in het Amerikaans Engels voor ?

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The browser should be able find the primary language and the language version of the document.

The html element has correct lang and xml:lang attributes: faucet and tub are American English, not British English.

IBM Home Page Reader 3.0 German version, set to "automatic language recognition", and JAWS 7.1, German version, reads the test file in German. JAWS 8.0 set to American English reads the test file as American English, both with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Firefox 2.0 (tested on Windows 2000). JAWS 8.0 set to British English reads the test file as British English, both with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Firefox 2.0 (tested on Windows 2000).

This test case maps to technique H57: Using language attributes on the html element.

The browser can find the primary language and the language version of the document.

The html element has correct lang and xml:lang attributes: faucet and tub are American English, not British English.

IBM Home Page Reader 3.0 German version, set to "automatic language recognition", and JAWS 7.1, German version, reads the test file in German. JAWS 8.0 set to American English reads the test file as American English, both with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Firefox 2.0 (tested on Windows 2000). JAWS 8.0 set to British English reads the test file as British English, both with Internet Explorer 6.0 and Firefox 2.0 (tested on Windows 2000).

This test case maps to technique H57: Using the lang attribute of the html element (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20060427/Overview.html#H57).

Online version: sc3.1.1_l1_006.

The browser can find the primary language and the language version of the document.

The html element has correct lang and xml:lang attributes: faucet and tub are American English, not British English.