Assessment Report

Assessment Information

eResource Title Vendor Overall Grade
Nursing & Allied Health ProQuest C

Assessment for Nursing & Allied Health by Lambton - Module 1: Interface Appearance | Status: Complete | Grade: B+

Images

Positioning of Images
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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always Images are generally functional images.
Functional images embedded in the background
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Are there functional images embedded in the background? Never
Presence of Icons
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Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc? Always
Alt Text
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Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Some images for references are tagged "open this document", rather than identified by title. Menu icon in top left has no alt text.
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Menu icon in top left has no alt text. Search bar and search bar icon have no alt text.
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Some images for references are tagged "open this document", rather than identified by title.

Content Scaling

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When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? Always
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? Always
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? Always

Colour and Contrast

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Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? Always

Colour

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Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? Not Applicable
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)? Always
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action? Always

Text to speech

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Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options? Never

Clustered Links

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Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily? Always
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate? Always
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)? Always
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? Sometimes Tabs on advanced search page are inaccessible: command line, recent searches, thesaurus, field codes, search tips; Tab on Sign in page for "create an account" is not accessible.

Dynamic content

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Can users pause carousel movement? Always
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? Sometimes The home page has two carousels. The first one, for Popular Videos can be navigated with tab and arrow keys. The second, for Scholarly Journals cannot be navigated with the keyboard only.

Liquid layout

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Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? Always
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? Always
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? Always

Assessment for Nursing & Allied Health by Lambton - Module 2: Interface Navigation | Status: Complete | Grade: C+

Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements

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Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form? Sometimes Search bar on the home page is not labeled. There is placeholder text in the search box. [There are good audible instructions for screen readers however.] Advanced search page search bar is not labeled. Sign in to my research page has icons rather than words for labels on blanks for email address and password, though there is placeholder text inside the boxes.
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above? Sometimes Home, Advanced Search, Sign in to my research, and Create an account pages all pass Wave and do not appear to be missing form labels. The contact us page generates two missing form labels indicators in Wave.
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand? Always When given, field descriptions are clear.
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field? Sometimes Some search boxes are labeled with icons rather than text labels. Search box labels are typically beside fields rather than above. Some search buttons are quite far from their primary field and not on the same horizontal plane, such as on the "advanced search" page, where the search button is half way down the page, and far to the right of the fields which align to the left of the screen. Even for a sighted person this is hard to find and to associate meaningfully with the search bars at the top of the page.
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available? Not Applicable There do not appear to be any coloured form labels.
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields? Always There are very few forms that have required fields, and thus few forms with asterisks. Pages for "Create an account" and "contact us" have asterisks.

Error Prevention

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Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable. Sometimes There are check boxes in the advanced search. The "create an account" form ensures that entries are valid before it allows the user to continue. It does not, however, do a summary page that can be reviewed. These forms are not specifically designed to catch spelling or typing errors however. The system is concerned about the security/complexity of passwords, and whether the client has checked the "I have read the policy page" box (legalities), more than accessibility. For actual searches of the database, there is a "modify search" option at the top of the results page, which will bring the researcher back to the input page, without dumping the search string, which allows the researcher to access the string to edit, rather than starting from scratch. However, there is no confirmation before you send your first actual search.

Error Reports

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Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box? Sometimes Error messages appear at the top of the form, but the form does not automatically scroll to the top when this happens, so the client may only notice that the action has not been completed, that they are stalled on the page. In the simple search, if a client mistypes, it will sometimes ask the client, "Did you mean X", but runs the search as is. The notice is at the top left, under the search bar, so I am not sure that even most clients notice it.
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix? Always The password field indicates how many characters, symbols, etc. must be in a password for it to be acceptable AFTER an inappropriate password has been attempted. Required fields that are unintentionally blank are named.
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error? Always
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission? Always
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order? Sometimes The error reports appear back at the top of the screen, which may be far from where the client has navigated to on a particular page. The sequence of error reports is however in order of the errors, as they occur while navigating the page from top to bottom.

Search function spell-check

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When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms? Always In simple search, Deabetic brings up results for Diabetic, but more obscure spellings with zero results do not generate spelling suggestions. In advanced search, Deabetic yields zero results, but the database automatically searches for "diabetic", and says that it has done so: Your search for noft(deabetic) found no results. Showing results for noft(diabetic). When I typed "cornucopi", it found cornucopia. When I typed "Xexos", which has no equivalent, there was a notification "Your search for noft(Xexos) found 0 results. Search tips". That pane turned yellow orange, which might draw the attention of a sighted client, but this clue would not help a client with vision impairments. Clients are further prompted "You can set up an alert to be notified when new documents match this search, or modify your search and try again."

Functionality of Interactive Elements

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Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site? Sometimes On the result page one sees: Cite, email, save to my research are clustered in the top right of each result. Confusingly, there are images of these icons (cite, email, save to my research, more options) across the top of the results list, which do not link to anything (they are not clickable). The alt text is for the group of icons says: "Select results items first to use the cite email save and export options". Once you open the article, the cluster changes to: download PDF, cite, copy URL, Print, all options The location of the option for "full text" and "PDF" is not always is exactly the same location relative to the rest of the record for an individual citation, because each option is not always present for a given citation. The place to click on a PDF option can change depending on how many format options are available.
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type? Sometimes On the results page, the hand lens icon, in the top right corner, to open the collapsible search bar, has no alt text Confusingly, there are images of the icons across the top of the results list, which are not immediately clickable. These icons represent "cite", "email", "save to my research", and "more options", just like the icons in the individual records listed in the results. The alt text for the group of icons says: "Select results items first to use the cite email save and export options". These icons become clickable when the client checkmarks a group of individual boxes of articles, or the checkbox at the top left of the pane, to select articles to cite, email, or save to my research. There is no obvious difference in the icon images to signify the difference in the action.
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”. Sometimes On the home page, the basic search bar has a hand lens icon as a search button, but there is a button that says "search" on the advanced page. "Publications" has a "search button". "Thesaurus" has a "find" button. "browse all videos" takes one into a results page of the database where the search bar has a hand lens as a search button, which is shaped differently than on the home page. The "browse all multicultural reports" goes to a new page for CultureGrams with the icon of a hand lens at the right of the search bar.
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent? Sometimes On the result page one sees: Cite, email, save to my research are clustered in the top right of each result. Confusingly, there are images of the icons across the top of the results list, which do not link to anything (they are not clickable), and these are cite, email, save to my research and the more options, and the alt text is for the group of icons saying: "Select results items first to use the cite email save and export options". Once you open the article, the cluster becomes: download PDF, cite, copy URL, Print, all options "browse all videos" takes one into a results page of the database where the search bar has a hand lens as a search button, which is shaped differently than on the home page.
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone? Sometimes On the results page, the hand lens icon, in the top right corner, to open the collapsible search bar, has no alt text. On the results page, there is a link that is multipurpose "save search/alert", which actually has a drop down arrow for "Create an RSS feed", and "get search link", as well as "save search" and "create alert".

Consistent Navigation

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Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages? Sometimes Help buttons and contact info are consistent. Search fields vary depending on the context. Most search fields are in a light field at the top left of the screen, but "search tips" opens a popup with a search bar in a dark colour on the bottom left of the pane. There are up arrows to take the user back to the top of the pane when they have moved beyond the middle of the pane on the right side of the screen. The layout of the site pages varies. The button to send a search varies: on "basic search", it is the hand lens sign immediately right of the search bar field; on "advanced search", it is away from the search bar fields, underneath and to the right...a bit hard to find. Pressing "enter" will also send a search so this is less critical perhaps.
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website? Sometimes Most search fields are in a light field at the top left of the screen, but "search tips" opens a popup with a search bar in a dark colour on the bottom left of the pane. The button to send a search varies: on basic search, it is the hand lens sign immediately right of the search bar field; on advanced search, it is away from the search bar fields, underneath and to the right...a bit hard to find. Pressing "enter" will also send a search so this is less critical perhaps.
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website? Sometimes Help pages and contact information access is consistent. "Search tips" and "recent searches" links are inconsistent. "Search tips" is under the search bar in the simple search, but it is a tab above the search bar in advanced search. It is similar for "recent searches".
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently? Sometimes On the home page, the basic search bar has a hand lens icon as a search button, but there is a button that says "search" on the advanced page. "Publications" has a "search button". "Thesaurus" has a "find" button. "browse all videos" takes one into a results page of the database where the search bar has a hand lens as a search button, which is shaped differently than on the home page. The "browse all multicultural reports" goes to a new page for "CultureGrams" (The page is not titled "multicultural reports"), with the icon of a hand lens at the right of the search bar.

Pop-up windows/Interruptions

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Does the electronic resource avoid the use of pop-up windows which open automatically in a new tab if a user clicks on a button? Sometimes Automatic new window pop ups include: Search tips Display selected items generates a popup as an error message, if the client has no selected items yet Cite Email Sign in to my research
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded? Always
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups? Sometimes "Sign into my research" pop up does not have an "X", so clients have to use the back button to leave the screen, or else perform the action.
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing? Sometimes Several popups are not the same format as the home page, for example the Thesaurus, Field codes, and Search tips.

Headers

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Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately? Sometimes On the home page, H1 is not visible, H2 is "Popular videos" with unrelated content as H3: "Scholarly journals", "multicultural reports", and "view other content types". There is another H2, "more information" which is not a logical equivalent of "popular videos".
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading? Sometimes Some headings are unclear, for example "more information" does not mean much to me.

Menus

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Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options? Sometimes On the advanced search page, under the filter "document type", there are more than 60 items. The thesaurus requires three tab strokes for each item before proceding to the next item, and there are at least 50 items per page.
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items? Always Our database opens to the "advanced search" page by default. If we disregard the content of this page, and focus on the main navigation tools around this content, they do contain a reasonable number of menu items.
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation? Always The menus can be accessed, but it seems to be difficult to skip through the long menus; the user appears to be forced to scroll through all choices in one menu before they can proceed to the next one on the page.

Change of context

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Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning? Always
Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content? Never All filters on the left of the results page automatically update. There is no option to select multiple filters at once, or to confirm a choice before the change occurs.
Does the database avoid automatic redirection? Always

Change of Context: Focus

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Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus? Always
Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus? Always
Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus? Always
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control? Always

Assessment for Nursing & Allied Health by Lambton - Module 3: Interface Structure | Status: Complete | Grade: D

Navigation Links

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Can the purpose of each link can be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context? Sometimes Main:There are three buttons on this page that are labelled "view all". They are inside a box titled "view other content types", adjacent to text that tells the client what each link is for, but if a client tabs through links (without reading the accompanying text), they will have no idea how these are different, Advanced: YES Results:YES, except for the hand lens icon in the top right corner, for initiating the search bar, which does not appear to be labelled. I find the labelling of "selected items" and "my research and language selection" ambiguous; it is unclear to me what the difference is between "selected items" and "my research". Item record 1:YES Item record 2:Y Item record 3 :There is a button with an "up" caret that appears when an item record is long, near the bottom right of the record. It is intended to bring the reader back to the top of the article. There is no alt text for this and there is no text beside this button to explain what it is for. An "up" caret is quite intuitive to me, but I am not sure that it would be meaningful to everyone. Item record 4:Yes Item record 5: Yes Help:Yes Login:Yes Create an account: Yes Search history:Yes Bookmark pages: NA

Keyboard Navigation

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Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements? Always
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page? Not Applicable I did not find any "traps".
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above? Sometimes Results: The central column with the results, which can be very long (50 articles in my case), is tabbed before the filters column. I would rather examine and alter the filters BEFORE scrolling so many results. The main search page: logical top to bottom, left to right advanced search page: logical top to bottom, left to right Multiple instances of item records 1: logical top to bottom, left to right 2: logical top to bottom, left to right 3: logical top to bottom, left to right 4: logical top to bottom, left to right 5 logical top to bottom, left to right help pages: logical login and create an account pages: logical search history pages: logical bookmark pages: not applicable
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible? Sometimes Sometimes the keyboard focus indicator rectangle is not visible on tabs. For example, on the "Sign in" (person icon in top right corner) pop up window, there are tabs that say "sign in" and "create an account", which do not get highlighted as per usual. The "search tips" pop up window has tabs but these ARE highlighted when they receive focus.
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected? Sometimes Main: There is a carousel of video links on the main search page, which doesn't advance a tab at a time after the initial images scroll to the off-screen materials, meaning that the 7th-10th videos may not be accessible to someone using a keyboard. The up arrow for returning to the top of the screen does not receive focus, so it is skipped when tabbing. Advanced:Generally seems to be consistent and as expected Results: When a video is selected, there is a tab "embed", which contains the button to copy a permalink or embed code to another document, but this does not receive focus, so I do not think it will be noticed, or can be accessed when tabbing.
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields? Always

Skip Links

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Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)? Sometimes I am using Chrome Version 118.0.5993.118 (Official Build) (64-bit) Main: No Advanced: No Results: Yes, there is an invisible "skip to main content" skip link; there are invisible "quick look" links for reading abstracts of individual records; there is a visible skip link at the bottom of the page, an up arrow, to return to the top of the page, but this one does NOT receive focus when tabbing. Item record 1: there is a visible skip link at the bottom and this DOES receive focus; there are invisible "quick link" skip links for the additional "suggested sources" citations in the right hand column, that open abstracts. Item record 2: same Item record 3: http://ra.ocls.ca/ra/algologin.aspx?inst=lambton&/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/example-governance-ai-health-services-aotearoa/docview/2859762027/se-2?accountid=39336 There was an invisible "skip to main content" link, but when I clicked "enter" the focus shifted back to a link at the top of the page; When I was at the pane with the article, there seemed to be three separate tab positions marking the "crossmark" button. Item record 4:invisible "skip to main content" link that doesn't work Item record 5: invisible "skip to main content" link that doesn't work Help: No skip links Login: No skip links Create an account: The visible skip link to return to the top of the page does not receive focus. Search history: There is a "skip to main content" llnk that does not work; The visible skip link to return to the top of the page does not receive focus. Bookmark pages: NA [The college I am at does not subscribe to ebooks with this service, and there does not appear to be a bookmarking capacity within the ebooks located in the database, so this could not be tested.]
Are skip links visible or invisible? Sometimes There are invisible skip links for "skip to main contents", but these do not seem to bring the main contents into focus. There are invisible skip links on results pages and on individual article pages which open abstracts (the individual article pages have a column of related citations, which contain these "quick look" links). There are visible skip links at the base of pages, which when clicked navigate to the top of the page. These skip links sometimes do not receive focus when tabbing.
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page? Sometimes "Skip to main contents" skip links are at the top left of the page. The button to return to the top of the page is in the bottom right corner of the screen. "Quick look" links are above the image for the resource type, where the journal cover is.
Are skip links labelled properly? Sometimes The button to return to the top of the page is not labelled as a skip link.
Are skip links accessible via keyboard? Sometimes The button to return to the top of the page does not always receive focus when the user is tabbing. The "Skip to main contents" skip link does not seem to activate properly when selected with "enter", (or a mouse click for that matter).
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content? Never
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page? Sometimes The "skip to main contents" are fairly consistent, as are the up arrow buttons to return to the top of the page. "Quick look" links vary, because they appear connected to citations, which may be part of the main pane, or may be part of a related results column to the right, and both lists can vary in length.

Tables

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Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows? Not Applicable I was unable to find a single PDF with a table that was accessible to Read&Write.

Frames

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Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another? Not Applicable Home: no frames Advanced: no frames Results: no frames though page has a left navigation pane and content pane in appearance Item record 1: no frames though page has a content pane to the left of the screen, and a secondary content frame to the right of this pane Item record 2: Item record 3: Item record 4: Item record 5: Login to My research: has apparent panes, but no frames. Create an account: NA Search history: has apparent panes, but no frames Bookmark pages: NA
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame? Not Applicable There are no frames.
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next? Not Applicable There are no frames

Assessment for Nursing & Allied Health by Lambton - Module 4: Content | Status: Complete | Grade: F

PDFs

Searchable PDFs
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Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Sometimes 4 of 26 PDFs sampled are Image-Only files.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never Of 26 PDFs searched, it was possible to cut and paste from each and every PDF into a Word document.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Sometimes 4 out of 26 PDFs sampled were not searchable with control + F.
Tagged PDFs
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Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes Out of 24 searchable PDFs, 5 had at least partial Alternate text that passed, and 3 had completely passed the "Alternate text" in Adobe Pro. I did a separate search for images under "set alternate text", and examined their respective alternate text entries in Adobe Pro. There were at least 9 documents out of 24 that had images. 6 of these had no alt text at all, while 3 more had inadequate alt text. None of the documents had alt text composed to describe an image in a meaningful way.
Is primary language specified? Sometimes 12 out of 22 searchable items fail the Primary Language test in Adobe Acrobat Pro. 10 of of 22 searchable items pass the Primary Language test in Adobe Acrobat Pro. I had checked 26 PDFs in all, but four were excluded as they were not searchable.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Sometimes 18 out of 22 passed Reliable character encoding in Adobe Acrobat Pro. 4 out of 22 failed Reliable character encoding in Acrobat Pro. 4 were excluded as they were not searchable, but I had checked 26 PDFs in all.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes I checked for "accessibility tags" as a separate query in Adobe Pro. It is very rare that PDFs in this database has accessibility tags, and when tags are present, they are not always correctly applied. Out of 26 PDFs sampled, only 5 had any accessibility tags. Of these, I am judging 3 to have appropriate tagging of page elements such as headings, tables, and figures.
Are list and table structure correct? Sometimes Out of 24 PDFs, 5 passed the "lists" tests in Adobe Pro. Out of 24 PDFs, 4 were at least a partial pass on the "tables" tests in Adobe Pro, while 3 were full passes.

Structure: Reading Order

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Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections? Sometimes Article 1: yes Article 2: yes Article 3: no; the pdf which was a scan of a Psychology Today article, did not read. Article 4: no...jumps from Abstract content to margin information about the publication in the middle of phrase.https://files.wd40.com/pdf/WD-40_Multi_Use_Product_2000_Uses_final.pdfhttps://files.wd40.com/pdf/WD-40_Multi_Use_Product_2000_Uses_final.pdf. This particular reader doesn't accurately read math symbols such as greater than or equal to signs...it skips over them in silence. Article 5: This article was in two columns. The reader went straight down the first (left) column and then read the footer information in that same column, though it broke the sentence that continued into the second column. The reader had no difficulty recognizing that the text was in two columns and kept them in order across the page. There was a table at the top of one page, and this was read before the sentence from the previous page was completed.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Not Applicable None of the 5 articles sampled had excessive blank spaces.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes If there is a table, it doesn't seem possible to use the keys to pause or stop reading once started. I didn't find that the controls consistently worked in general text. Arrow keys seemed to be less effective than mouse clicks for advancing the reader.

Magnification

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When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? Always There is some slight pixelation at 250 for some charts, tables, and images, but they were all clear enough to read easily, even for PDFs that are image-only. Of 26 items, only 10 had even slight pixelation or or uneven letter borders (such as from photocopying before digitization), and every one of these 10 files were either otherwise perfectly sharp or were still clear enough even with letter borders being imperfect.

Images

Positioning of Images
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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Sometimes Images may appear in upper corners if they are logos, or edges if they are icons that link to services such as X, facebook, crossmark, open access, and the like. Tables and charts can be placed anywhere on a page including at the top, bottom, or side of a page. Generally, I think readers will be able to find the significant charts and tables that they need. Some of the logos, such as cross mark, which is a new "brand", and located near the top right of a page, may not be found by clients.
Alternative Description
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Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never I did not find any examples of PDFs that had appropriate alt text for images.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Some PDFs identify logos and others do not. Elsevier does not identify its own logo, for example.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never There were no examples of text descriptions for images of graphs, charts, or diagrams in any of the PDFs sampled. However, many tables and charts were handled as text rather than as images.

Tables

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Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never None of the tables in the 5 articles sampled could be tabbed through in rows or columns.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Never None of the tables in the 5 articles had clear headers.

Additional Navigational Aids

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Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes 11 out of 26 PDFs had bookmarks, one of those being ineffective (title only), so perhaps better to say net 10 out of 26.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Sometimes Of 11 PDFs that had bookmarks, 2 were not set up properly to attach to headings or sections of the papers. 9 of the PDFs with bookmarks advance to the page that the bookmark is on.

Video Captions

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Are videos captioned? Sometimes I sampled from 5 different collections in the database. While many video do have closed captions, some sets of videos do not appear to be captioned (Harvard Medical School, "exploring hand therapy" and "Age-specific competencies").
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Always In many videos, the CC symbol is present at the bottom of the screen before the video plays. In some videos in this database, there is no CC symbol when the video page first loads, but it then appears after the client presses the "play" button. When present, CC can be turned on and off. I think most users that need captions will find them and be able to turn them on.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Sometimes The transcriptions contain errors that would have been picked up by a human editor, such as where the speaker did not say a word ending "ed", which is missed in the transcription because it is not audible, and the machine programming is not good enough to pick up the grammatical incongruity. There are similar mistaken spellings where what is audible has been interpreted to be a different word than what makes sense in the context. However, I think the transcriptions are generally intelligible to a native speaker.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Always Captions are generally across the bottom of the screen, and do not block important content of the videos.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Sometimes Generally the captions are close enough to be in synch with the spoken words, but sometimes this is not the case.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Always Captioned videos generally appear to have transcripts.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Sometimes At least one set of videos (Age-specific competencies) does not contain captions, also does not provide access to transcripts.

Described Video

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Do videos include described video, or if not, is there a text equivalent of the video provided on the same page or via a link? Sometimes No videos in this database appear to have described video. Most videos have a text equivalent.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Never The text equivalents do not describe the images or with precision what is happening over time in the images. The text is a straight transcription of the audio track.

Audio Accessibility

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Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable I did not find any audio-only files in this database.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable I did not find any audio-only files in this database.
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