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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mangamentsoftware),some
mousecommandsdonothaveacorrespondingkeyboard
command.(ex.rangespecificationofimagedata).
RegardingPAU5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.
Allbuttonsandlinkscanbefocusedusingkeyboardin
PRINTERDRIVER/PrinterStatusMonitor.
*NotethatPAU5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.)
(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.
PRINTERDRIVER/PrinterStatusMonitorarenotdesigned
todisruptordisableotherfunctionsbydesign.
PAU5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.
Ifthefocuschanges,thetargetwillchangeinsomeways.
Ex.theframelinewillchangeifan
iconbuttonisfocused.
RegardingPAU5inallcases,thelocationofthefocusis
clearlyindicatedonthescreen.
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