Assessment for Canadian Major Dailies Recent Searches Selected Items My Research and Language Selection by St. Clair - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: These PDFs are not image-only. They are searchable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: PDF’s are not locked. Permissions for searching and extracting are allowed.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All PDFs sampled are searchable and text can be extracted.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No images, graphs, or tables were identified in any of the publications or articles searched. However, the alternative text section does fail in the PDF accessibility checker test. No alt text is provided in any of the PDFs reviewed.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All PDFs sampled failed the primary language in the accessibility checker. Primary language is not specified on any of PDFs.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All PDFs reviewed failed the character encoding section of the accessibility checker.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: All PDF documents reviewed, some of the elements are properly tagged such as multimedia, form fields, and annotations.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: In the PDF documents reviewed, the table and list sections have failed the accessibility checker.
Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The Read Out Loud feature mostly reads PDFs in a logical way, preserving the order of the text. All sections are read from left to right. However, in the section about the Details of the article, one sample read these contents one column at a time.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The Read Out Loud function reliably avoids problematic elements.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The keyboard shortcuts for Read Out Loud are effective and consistent in navigating the documents.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All elements (text, images, tables, etc.) appear clear and easy to view and read in all PDF documents reviewed. However, at 250 % magnification, users will have to use the horizontal scroll bar.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: A comprehensive review was done on many other PDF documents and no have been found to contain images except for the Proquest logo which is positioned at the bottom and is easy to find.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no informative images.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There is only one image present on all of the documents sampled and it is the Proquest logo. It does not contain alt text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no graphs, charts or diagrams in any documents.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The only table in the PDF documents is the article details. It is not tagged or has in-text summary.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The tables in the PDF documents do not have the appropriate heading structure. However, there is a title that introduces the table.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All of the PDFs reviewed had at least one bookmark.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Yes, the bookmarks are linked.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos are present within the database.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos are present within the database.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos are present within the database.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos are present within the database.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos are present within the database.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos are present within the database.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No videos are present within the database.
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: No videos are present within the database.
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: No videos are present within the database.
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No audio files are present within the database.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: No audio files are present within the database.
eResource: Canadian Major Dailies
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: ProQuest
Institution: St. Clair
Score: D

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Not Applicable These PDFs are not image-only. They are searchable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Not Applicable PDF’s are not locked. Permissions for searching and extracting are allowed.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always All PDFs sampled are searchable and text can be extracted.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Never No images, graphs, or tables were identified in any of the publications or articles searched. However, the alternative text section does fail in the PDF accessibility checker test. No alt text is provided in any of the PDFs reviewed.
Is primary language specified? Never All PDFs sampled failed the primary language in the accessibility checker. Primary language is not specified on any of PDFs.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Never All PDFs reviewed failed the character encoding section of the accessibility checker.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes All PDF documents reviewed, some of the elements are properly tagged such as multimedia, form fields, and annotations.
Are list and table structure correct? Never In the PDF documents reviewed, the table and list sections have failed the accessibility checker.

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? Always The Read Out Loud feature mostly reads PDFs in a logical way, preserving the order of the text. All sections are read from left to right. However, in the section about the Details of the article, one sample read these contents one column at a time.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Always The Read Out Loud function reliably avoids problematic elements.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Always The keyboard shortcuts for Read Out Loud are effective and consistent in navigating the documents.

Magnification

Question Answer Notes Images
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? Always All elements (text, images, tables, etc.) appear clear and easy to view and read in all PDF documents reviewed. However, at 250 % magnification, users will have to use the horizontal scroll bar.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always A comprehensive review was done on many other PDF documents and no have been found to contain images except for the Proquest logo which is positioned at the bottom and is easy to find.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There are no informative images.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never There is only one image present on all of the documents sampled and it is the Proquest logo. It does not contain alt text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There are no graphs, charts or diagrams in any documents.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never The only table in the PDF documents is the article details. It is not tagged or has in-text summary.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Never The tables in the PDF documents do not have the appropriate heading structure. However, there is a title that introduces the table.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Always All of the PDFs reviewed had at least one bookmark.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always Yes, the bookmarks are linked.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.

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 No videos are present within the database.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Not Applicable No videos are present within the database.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Not Applicable No audio files are present within the database.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable No audio files are present within the database.
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