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The Applicability section explains the scope of the technique, and the presence of techniques for a specific technology does not imply that the technology can be used in all situations to create content that meets WCAG 2.0.</p></div><div class="applicability"><h2 id="G198-applicability">Applicability</h2><div class="textbody"><p>This technique relates to all technologies.</p></div></div><p class="referenced">This technique relates to:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#time-limits-required-behaviors"> Success Criterion 2.2.1 (Timing Adjustable)</a><ul><li><a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/20160105/#time-limits-required-behaviors"> How to Meet 2.2.1 (Timing Adjustable) </a></li><li><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20-20161007/time-limits-required-behaviors.html"> Understanding Success Criterion 2.2.1 (Timing Adjustable) </a></li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="G198-description">Description</h2><div class="textbody"><p>The objective of this technique is to provide a mechanism for people who cannot complete tasks within a specified time limit to turn off the time limit.</p><p>It is essential that the mechanism for turning off the time limit can be completed without a time limit itself and before the time limit for the page expires. To do this - the mechanism should be available at or near the top of the page so that it can be found and activated quickly by people with a wide range of disabilities.</p></div><h2 class="small-head" id="G198-examples">Examples</h2><ul><li><p>A page has a listing of news headlines that automatically update every minute. At the top of the page is a link that turns off the updating.</p></li></ul><h2 id="G198-related-techs">Related Techniques</h2><div class="textbody"><ul><li><a href="G133.html">G133: Providing a checkbox on the first page of a multipart form that allows users to ask for longer session time limit or no session time limit</a></li><li><a href="G180.html">G180: Providing the user with a means to set the time limit to 10 times the default time limit</a></li><li><a href="SCR16.html">SCR16: Providing a script that warns the user a time limit is about to expire</a></li><li><a href="G4.html">G4: Allowing the content to be paused and restarted from where it was paused</a></li><li><a href="SCR33.html">SCR33: Using script to scroll content, and providing a mechanism to pause it</a></li><li><a href="SCR36.html">SCR36: Providing a mechanism to allow users to display moving, scrolling, or auto-updating text in a static window or area</a></li></ul></div><h2 id="G198-tests">Tests</h2><div class="textbody"><h3 class="small-head" id="G198-procedure">Procedure</h3><ol class="enumar"><li><p>Check that there is a mechanism to turn off any time limits near the top of the page.</p></li><li><p>Verify that the time limit for the page is long enough that a user can easily navigate to the mechanism even if they are 10 times slower than most users.</p></li></ol><h3 class="small-head" id="G198-results">Expected Results</h3><ul><li><p>Checks #1 and #2 are true.</p></li></ul><p>If this is a sufficient technique for a success criterion, failing this test procedure does not necessarily mean that the success criterion has not been satisfied in some other way, only that this technique has not been successfully implemented and can not be used to claim conformance.</p></div><ul id="navigationbottom"><li><strong><a href="#top">Top</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="Overview.html#contents" title="Table of Contents">Contents</a></strong></li><li><strong><a href="intro.html" title="Introduction to Techniques for WCAG 2.0"><abbr title="Introduction">Intro</abbr></a></strong></li><li><a title="G197: Using labels, names, and text alternatives consistently for content that has the same functionality" href="G197.html"><strong>Previous: </strong> Technique G197</a></li><li><a title="G199: Providing success feedback when data is submitted successfully" href="G199.html"><strong>Next: </strong> Technique G199</a></li></ul><div class="footer"><p class="copyright">This Web page is part of <a href="Overview.html">Techniques and Failures for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0</a> (see the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G198.html">latest version of this document</a>). 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