Assessment for IEEExplore by Georgian - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: Tested even older material (1990-2000) and the PDFs all appear to have been run through optical character recognition. Text is readable when extracted.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: One of 4 PDFs tested would not allow the extraction of text (just copied & pasted garbled characters).
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Even older material appears to have been scanned/ocr'd, and are searchable. Not sure how accurate the OCR is, but it's better than nothing.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Not present in any of the 4 files (varying dates) that I checked.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes:
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes:
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes:
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Certain formatting creates a bit of a weird effect. Some documents seem better than others in terms of specified reading order. Some seem to have no specific reading order declared in Adobe Acrobat Accessibility check.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Doesn't handle formatting changes very well. Plain text in the middle of the article - not bad. Structured headings are hit and miss. I'd say the documents are readable, but probably won't have a great experience.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Short cuts seem to work well. Up/down arrows depend on formatting of document.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some quality loss on images. Text in articles that is not OCR'd looks okay. Text in articles that have been OCR'd from image-based PDFs have quality issues for text.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All accessibility reports run failed on alt-text.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Videos appear to be voice overs of PPTs. Some presentations may have elements that are covered by the CC layer.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
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?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Videos appear to be mostly conference presentations, so they are voiceovers of powerpoint presentations.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
eResource: IEEExplore
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: IEEE
Institution: Georgian
Score: D+

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never Tested even older material (1990-2000) and the PDFs all appear to have been run through optical character recognition. Text is readable when extracted.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Sometimes One of 4 PDFs tested would not allow the extraction of text (just copied & pasted garbled characters).
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always Even older material appears to have been scanned/ocr'd, and are searchable. Not sure how accurate the OCR is, but it's better than nothing.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Never Not present in any of the 4 files (varying dates) that I checked.
Is primary language specified? Never
Is reliable character encoding provided? Sometimes
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes
Are list and table structure correct? Sometimes

Structure: Reading Order

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections? Sometimes Certain formatting creates a bit of a weird effect. Some documents seem better than others in terms of specified reading order. Some seem to have no specific reading order declared in Adobe Acrobat Accessibility check.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Sometimes Doesn't handle formatting changes very well. Plain text in the middle of the article - not bad. Structured headings are hit and miss. I'd say the documents are readable, but probably won't have a great experience.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes Short cuts seem to work well. Up/down arrows depend on formatting of document.

Magnification

Question Answer Notes Images
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? Sometimes Some quality loss on images. Text in articles that is not OCR'd looks okay. Text in articles that have been OCR'd from image-based PDFs have quality issues for text.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never All accessibility reports run failed on alt-text.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Not Applicable
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Not Applicable

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Never
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Not Applicable

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Always
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Always
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Always
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Sometimes Videos appear to be voice overs of PPTs. Some presentations may have elements that are covered by the CC layer.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Always
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Always
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Always

Described Video

Question Answer Notes Images
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? Not Applicable Videos appear to be mostly conference presentations, so they are voiceovers of powerpoint presentations.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Not Applicable

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable
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