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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: All PDFs are fully searchable and can be highlighted.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: The PDFs are not locked. All text searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: 3/20 passed and had Alt text. The remainder had no Alt text and failed in the Accessibility Check.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All PDFs failed the primary language check
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: About half of the checked PDFs failed. Often this was due to bullets or mathematical characters that were not encoded.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Page elements all failed in the accessibility checker.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Mostly all PDFs failed the list and table structure checks.
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: Most paragraphs are read logically. The reader sometimes did not preserve the order of tables or equations.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
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: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Images have a figure description but no Alt Text. Icons have no Alt Text or descriptions.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There were no images used as titles.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: No Alt Text at all, but some images have alternative descriptions in the figure description. Within the 'Elements' series the PDFs had no Alt Text or description and the Read aloud feature would only read the image title out loud.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There were no summaries included. The tables were not tagged.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Table headers failed in the Accessibility checker and did not allow for easy navigation.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: In the 'Elements' series, book marks were used well. The rest of the Cambridge eBooks did not use bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: When the bookmarks were available in the 'Elements' series, yes.

Are videos captioned?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no videos
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: There are no videos
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no videos
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no videos
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no videos
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no videos
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no videos
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: There are no videos
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: There are no videos
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio.
eResource: Cambridge eBooks
eResource Type: eBooks
Vendor: Cambridge University Press
Institution: McMaster University
Score: D+

Key Findings

Weaknesses

  • PDFs are searchable but not tagged

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never All PDFs are fully searchable and can be highlighted. no images
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never The PDFs are not locked. All text searchable and extractable. no images
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always no images

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes 3/20 passed and had Alt text. The remainder had no Alt text and failed in the Accessibility Check. no images
Is primary language specified? Never All PDFs failed the primary language check no images
Is reliable character encoding provided? Sometimes About half of the checked PDFs failed. Often this was due to bullets or mathematical characters that were not encoded. no images
Are all page elements tagged? Never Page elements all failed in the accessibility checker. no images
Are list and table structure correct? Never Mostly all PDFs failed the list and table structure checks. no images

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 Most paragraphs are read logically. The reader sometimes did not preserve the order of tables or equations. no images
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Always no images
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Always no images

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 no images

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always no images

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Images have a figure description but no Alt Text. Icons have no Alt Text or descriptions. no images
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There were no images used as titles. no images
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes No Alt Text at all, but some images have alternative descriptions in the figure description. Within the 'Elements' series the PDFs had no Alt Text or description and the Read aloud feature would only read the image title out loud. no images

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never There were no summaries included. The tables were not tagged. no images
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Never Table headers failed in the Accessibility checker and did not allow for easy navigation. no images

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes In the 'Elements' series, book marks were used well. The rest of the Cambridge eBooks did not use bookmarks. no images
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always When the bookmarks were available in the 'Elements' series, yes. no images

Video Captions

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

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 There are no videos no images
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Not Applicable There are no videos no images

Audio Accessibility

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