What is the difference between warnings and errors in the report?

Understanding Errors, Warnings, and Notices in the Eye-Able® Report

The Eye-Able® Report performs an automated audit of your website. It is not always possible to determine with absolute certainty whether an issue found by the crawler is truly an error. Therefore, the report distinguishes between errors, warnings, and hints.

Errors

Errors are issues that are clearly identified and recognized as violations of accessibility guidelines.
These should be prioritized for correction.

Warnings

Warnings indicate potential errors that cannot be automatically confirmed with certainty.

Example:

• The report can verify whether alternative text is present on images
  but cannot assess whether it is meaningful or well-written.
  → If the alt text is unusually short, a warning is shown suggesting manual review.

Other examples:

• Some accessibility rules include exceptions.
  → For instance, a short link in body text may have a small touch target. While normally an error, this is allowed in flowing text and is flagged as a warning.

Hints

The report also includes hints pointing out elements that are commonly prone to accessibility issues, such as:

• Video or audio content
  → Features like captions or audio descriptions cannot be tested automatically.
  These are marked for manual WCAG review.

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