Assessment for National Film Board of Canada (NFB) by St. Clair - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

In the contact section of the catalogues, when the feature reads the Sales Agents' information from left to right, it is confusing.

Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase.
PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality.
As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some videos have captions. Upon reviewing multiple videos from different decades, the captions appear on more recent videos within the last 30 years. Some of the videos that have other languages do have subtitles in English, but not captions.

Videos Reviewed:
After Mr. Sam by Arthur Hammond (1974) – Subtitles for French-speaking sections, but no captions for English-speaking sections
Adam’s World by Donna Read (1989) – No captions
Afterlife by Ishu Patel (1978) – No captions
Changes by Moria Simpson (1989) – Captions
Acadia Acadia?!? by
Michel Brault & Pierre Perrault (1971) – Subtitles for French
Aboriginality by Dominique Keller & Tom Jackson (2007) – Captions and Descriptive video (animation)
Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days by Regina Pessoa (2019) – Captions and Descriptive video (animation)



If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Videos with captions are closed. Users have the option to turn off the caption or change the settings such as font size, colour, and text.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All of the videos reviewed did not appear to have any grammatical or spelling errors.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Captions are placed towards at the bottom of the video screen, centred. Captions do not appear to block any important visual components or hinder the understanding of the video.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: In some of the videos reviewed, the captions are not synced with the person speaking. Some of the captions also move quickly and require the user to pause in order to read what is on screen.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No transcript is provided.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No transcript is provided.
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: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Films do not contain described video or 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?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Films do not contain described video or a text equivalent.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no audio clips available on this platform.

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Is primary language specified? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are all page elements tagged? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are list and table structure correct? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

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? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility. In the contact section of the catalogues, when the feature reads the Sales Agents' information from left to right, it is confusing.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

Magnification

Question Answer Notes Images
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Not Applicable For this database, the only place where PDF documents are found is under distribution. The PDFs are mainly catalogues of what products and packages are available for purchase. PDFs were omitted from testing for this database as they do not constitute a core aspect of its functionality. As a result, testing them would not provide meaningful insights into the database's performance or compatibility.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Sometimes Some videos have captions. Upon reviewing multiple videos from different decades, the captions appear on more recent videos within the last 30 years. Some of the videos that have other languages do have subtitles in English, but not captions. Videos Reviewed: After Mr. Sam by Arthur Hammond (1974) – Subtitles for French-speaking sections, but no captions for English-speaking sections Adam’s World by Donna Read (1989) – No captions Afterlife by Ishu Patel (1978) – No captions Changes by Moria Simpson (1989) – Captions Acadia Acadia?!? by Michel Brault & Pierre Perrault (1971) – Subtitles for French Aboriginality by Dominique Keller & Tom Jackson (2007) – Captions and Descriptive video (animation) Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days by Regina Pessoa (2019) – Captions and Descriptive video (animation)
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Sometimes Videos with captions are closed. Users have the option to turn off the caption or change the settings such as font size, colour, and text.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Always All of the videos reviewed did not appear to have any grammatical or spelling errors.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Always Captions are placed towards at the bottom of the video screen, centred. Captions do not appear to block any important visual components or hinder the understanding of the video.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Sometimes In some of the videos reviewed, the captions are not synced with the person speaking. Some of the captions also move quickly and require the user to pause in order to read what is on screen.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Never No transcript is provided.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Never No transcript is provided.

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? Never Films do not contain described video or 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? Not Applicable Films do not contain described video or a text equivalent.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable There are no audio clips available on this platform.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable There are no audio clips available on this platform.
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