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Section 508 Standards, §1194.22 |
Cynthia Says Online handles as Programmatic or
Visual |
Explanation |
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A. A text equivalent for every non-text
element shall be provided (e.g., via “alt”, “longdesc”, or in element
content). |
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Programmatic accessibility compliance
verification using Cynthia Says Online.
*The desktop version, AccVerify Cynthia Says edition allows the
user to edit the HTML code to make corrections, for files located
locally, over a network drive, or over an FTP site. |
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B. Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia
presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. |
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Ensuring that a time based multimedia
presentation is synchronized can only honestly be done visually.
Programmatic detection to locate a captioning file does not mean that
the file is synchronized with each track of the presentation.
Cynthia Says will locate the multimedia
objects under WCAG rule 6.3
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HiSoftware Hi-Caption SE, a desktop solution, allows
for creating and testing of existing of captioned files to make
the captioning for your multimedia files or to validate captioning is
accurate.
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C. Web pages shall be designed so that all
information conveyed with color is also available without color, for
example from context or markup. |
Manual |
This is visual because some testing requires
human interaction. For example, if your page has text that says,
“Click on the red button to go to the home page”, a programmatic tool
that did not read and comprehend the page the way a human would would
falsely pass this failing page. Color
can both be associated with images, objects, applets, and with text. |
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D. Documents shall be organized so they are
readable without requiring an associated style sheet. |
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This is visual/programmatic because some
testing requires human interaction. Whether a document is readable
can be opinion and Cynthia Says will indicate if style sheets
are used to alert the user to this required manual check. |
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E. Redundant text links shall be provided for
each active region of a server-side image map. |
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This is a visual/programmatic process because
some testing requires human interaction. Cynthia Says
will effectively
note if the checkpoint is N/A.
Cynthia Says identifies all maps and flags for visual verification if
no maps are found then the system will mark the checkpoint N/A
*In HiSoftware AccVerify Cynthia Says
edition desktop solution, locations are
cited for IMG or INPUT elements using the “ismap” attribute. |
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F. Client-side image maps shall be provided
instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be
defined with an available geometric shape. |
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Cynthia Says can programmatically determine
location of Server Side maps or lack there of and programmatically
designate if visual review is necessary.
Programmatic accessibility |
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G. Row and column headers shall be identified
for data tables. |
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Cynthia Says can programmatically locate data
tables, assist in repair and visual verification. |
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H. Markup shall be used to associate data
cells and header cells for data tables that have two or more logical
levels of row or column headers. |
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Cynthia Says can programmatically locate data
tables, assist in repair and visual verification. |
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I. Frames shall be titled with text that
facilitates frame identification and navigation. |
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Programmatic accessibility compliance
verification using Cynthia Says. |
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J. Pages shall be designed to avoid causing
the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2Hz and lower than
55 Hz. |
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Programmatic accessibility compliance
verification using Cynthia Says, including a custom report
specifically for locating components of a page that may cause
flickering. Users should check
objects, applets, etc for customized flickering. |
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K. A text-only page, with equivalent
information or functionality, shall be provided to make a web site
comply with the provisions of these standards, when compliance cannot
be accomplished in any other way. The content of the text-only page
shall be updated whenever the primary page changes. |
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This is not configured to be run on the
Cynthia Says portal because Text Only pages are to be used only when
all other options to make the page accessible fail. Users of the
desktop version, AccVerify Cynthia Says Edition, have the option of
configuring this.
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L. When pages utilize scripting languages to
display content, or to create interface elements, the information
provided by the script shall be identified with functional text that
can be read by assistive technology. |
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Programmatic accessibility compliance
verification using using Cynthia Says. |
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M. When a web page requires that an applet,
plug-in or other application be present on the client system to
interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a plug-in or
applet that complies with §1194.21 (a) through (l). |
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Programmatic accessibility compliance
verification using using Cynthia Says.
*Additionally, the desktop version, AccVerify Cynthia Says edition can be configured
to look for links to user-configurable file extensions such as .pdf or
.zip and to see if a download for the viewer for this file type
exists. |
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N. When electronic forms are designed to be
completed on-line, the form shall allow people using assistive
technology to access the information, field elements, and
functionality required for completion and submission of the form,
including all directions and cues. |
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Following 508 checkpoints A though M and
utilizing the statistical summary for AccessKey/TabIndex, our software
can assist you in completing this process
It is
recommended that you test this with Assistive Technologies. |
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O. A method shall be provided that permits
users to skip repetitive navigation links. |
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This is not configured to be tested using
Cynthia Says, due to the number of different options for meeting this
standard. Users of the desktop solution, AccVerify Cynthia Says
edition, can configure this checkpoint to meet their own site design
and navigation. |
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P. When a timed response is required, the user
shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is
required. |
Manual |
Many times, the timing methods are server-side
based and not seen by the user until it is too late and time has
expired. This is a manual checkpoint. |
