Assessment for Country Watch by St. Clair - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no image only PDF documents.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Sampled PDF’s are not locked and users can extract information, make comments, highlight, and are searchable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Initially all the PDF documents sampled failed the alternative test assessment. However, if the user selects the option to autotag the document and runs a new full check, this section will pass and alternative text is added to the document except for figures.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: In the 5 PDF documents sampled, all failed the primary language assessment and are not specified.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All 5 PDF documents sampled have passed the character encoding assessment.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: However, most of the page elements are not tagged in the 5 PDF documents sampled. Most of them have failed except for multimedia objects. Though, if the user clicked on the autotag document option, they can add tags to the document. If they rerun the accessibility full check, all elements are tagged except for the elements in Tagged annotations.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: In all 5 accessibility reports for the PDF documents sampled are reported as failed or skipped in these two sections. However, in all 5 documents sampled, if the user clicks on autotag option in the accessibility tool then all components will pass a new full check up except for Summary which is skipped. The problem with this is that the user has to do the autotag for the documents themselves.
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: The read out loud function in the 5 PDF samples does not read much of the document. It gives a warning of a blank page for first page of the table of contents and for other pages reads the header and footer information but not the text in the body of the page. However, if the user toggles the accessibility options such as autotagged, identify form fields and reading order, they can get the read out loud feature to read the entire document.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: In all 5 PDF documents the read out loud function is problematic. Users have to toggle with the read out loud function using the accessibility options to get this feature to read more than the header or footer in each pages. In some of the documents, the tables in the read out loud skipped entire sections and did not identify it as a table.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The arrow keys are consistent and effective for navigating through the sampled PDF documents for the read out loud function.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: For the most part all text, tables, lists and other elements appear and easy to read at 250%. However, maps images do appear blurry at 250% and are not as clear or easy to read.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There are only two images present in each PDF sampled: country map and map of continent. In each instant the maps are placed just below the header of the pages they occupy.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The only informational images in the PDFs sampled are the maps of the featured country and the regional map. These do not contain alternate text.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no images in the PDF documents that are used in replacement of text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Figures and graphs do not contain alt text any of the sampled PDF documents not even after running an autotag.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Initially the tables fail the accessibility assessment. However, if the user performs the autotag document option the all areas of the tables are tagged except for the summary. This is skipped.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: The screen reader feature in the PDF documents does not always have a easy navigation of reading tables.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: No bookmarks are displayed in bookmarks panel for any of the PDF documents sampled. However, the user has the ability to bookmark sections of the documents.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There are no bookmarks automatically generated for any of the PDF documents sampled. However, if the user creates their own, the link does go to the correct section.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There is no captioned for any of the videos or any options to turn on closed-captioned.
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:
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
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: Never
Score: 0
Notes: None of the video sampled provided describe video, closed captioning, or transcripts.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes:
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes:
eResource: Country Watch
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: CountryWatch
Institution: St. Clair
Score: F

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Not Applicable There are no image only PDF documents.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never Sampled PDF’s are not locked and users can extract information, make comments, highlight, and are searchable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes Initially all the PDF documents sampled failed the alternative test assessment. However, if the user selects the option to autotag the document and runs a new full check, this section will pass and alternative text is added to the document except for figures.
Is primary language specified? Never In the 5 PDF documents sampled, all failed the primary language assessment and are not specified.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always All 5 PDF documents sampled have passed the character encoding assessment.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes However, most of the page elements are not tagged in the 5 PDF documents sampled. Most of them have failed except for multimedia objects. Though, if the user clicked on the autotag document option, they can add tags to the document. If they rerun the accessibility full check, all elements are tagged except for the elements in Tagged annotations.
Are list and table structure correct? Never In all 5 accessibility reports for the PDF documents sampled are reported as failed or skipped in these two sections. However, in all 5 documents sampled, if the user clicks on autotag option in the accessibility tool then all components will pass a new full check up except for Summary which is skipped. The problem with this is that the user has to do the autotag for the documents themselves.

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 The read out loud function in the 5 PDF samples does not read much of the document. It gives a warning of a blank page for first page of the table of contents and for other pages reads the header and footer information but not the text in the body of the page. However, if the user toggles the accessibility options such as autotagged, identify form fields and reading order, they can get the read out loud feature to read the entire document.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Never In all 5 PDF documents the read out loud function is problematic. Users have to toggle with the read out loud function using the accessibility options to get this feature to read more than the header or footer in each pages. In some of the documents, the tables in the read out loud skipped entire sections and did not identify it as a table.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Always The arrow keys are consistent and effective for navigating through the sampled PDF documents for the read out loud function.

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 For the most part all text, tables, lists and other elements appear and easy to read at 250%. However, maps images do appear blurry at 250% and are not as clear or easy to read.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always There are only two images present in each PDF sampled: country map and map of continent. In each instant the maps are placed just below the header of the pages they occupy.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never The only informational images in the PDFs sampled are the maps of the featured country and the regional map. These do not contain alternate text.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There are no images in the PDF documents that are used in replacement of text.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never Figures and graphs do not contain alt text any of the sampled PDF documents not even after running an autotag.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Sometimes Initially the tables fail the accessibility assessment. However, if the user performs the autotag document option the all areas of the tables are tagged except for the summary. This is skipped.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Sometimes The screen reader feature in the PDF documents does not always have a easy navigation of reading tables.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Never No bookmarks are displayed in bookmarks panel for any of the PDF documents sampled. However, the user has the ability to bookmark sections of the documents.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Never There are no bookmarks automatically generated for any of the PDF documents sampled. However, if the user creates their own, the link does go to the correct section.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Never There is no captioned for any of the videos or any options to turn on closed-captioned.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Not Applicable
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Not Applicable
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Not Applicable
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Never
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Never
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Never

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 None of the video sampled provided describe video, closed captioning, or transcripts.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Never

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Never
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable
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