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Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems – Detail
VPAT™
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
®
Criteria
Supporting Features Remarks and explanations
(a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a
keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a
keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing
a function can be discerned textually.
Supports
RegardingSharpimaging(oneofthefunctions
ofSharpdesk®documentmanagement
software),somemousecommandsdonothave
acorrespondingkeyboardcommand.(ex.range
specificationofimagedata).
RegardingPAU4,almostallbuttonsandlinks
canbefocusedusingthetabkeyandselected
usingthespacekeyortheenter
key.And
almostallresultscanbediscernedtextually.
*NotethatPAU4isaWebapplicationandthus
thedetailsofbehavioroftheUIsultimately
dependonthebrowser.(Thesamegoesforthe
otheritems.)OptionalMX‐NB10isrequiredfor
PAU4.
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features
of other products that are identified as accessibility features,
where those features are developed and documented
according to industry standards. Applications also shall not
disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system
that are identified as accessibility features where the
application programming interface for those accessibility
features has been documented by the manufacturer of the
operating system and is available to the product developer.
Supports
SharpdesksoftwarerunsonMicrosoft™ OSand
utilities.
PAU4isnotdesignedtodisruptordisableother
functionsbydesign.
(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus
shall be provided that moves among interactive interface
elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be
programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology can
track focus and focus changes.
SupportswithLimitations
Ifthefocuschanges,thetargetwillchangein
someways.Ex.theframecolorwillchangeifa
thumbnailisfocused.Thetextwillbeboldif
focused.
RegardingPAU4,inalmostallcases,the
locationofthefocusisclearlyindicatedonthe
screen.
(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element
including the identity, operation and state of the element
shall be available to Assistive Technology. When an image
represents a program element, the information conveyed by
the image must also be available in text.
Supports
WhenSharpdesksoftware displaysimagedata,
textdescribingtheimageisalsodisplayed(ex.
thumbnailsarelabeledwiththenameofeach
fileinDesktop).
RegardingPAU4,manyimageshaveanalt
attributeanddisplayalternativetextwhichis
specifiedasasubstituteforanimage.
*Notethatsomebrowsersdon't
displaythe
alternativetext.