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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).
All buttons and links can be focused by
using keyboard in the printer driver.
(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.
The printer driver 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
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 the printer driver, if the focus
changes, the target will change in some
ways. Ex. the color will change if an icon
button is focused.
(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).
The information conveyed by the image can
be available in text in the Printer Driver.
*Note that some browsers don't display the
alternative text.