Assessment for CINAHL by Northern - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Not applicable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs. All failed in the following categories: figures alternative text, nested alternative text, associated with the content, hidden annotations, other elements alternative text.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs. All failed in the Tagged Content and Tagged Annotations categories; all passed in the Tagged Multimedia category.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs. All PDFs failed all categories.
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: Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. 90% of the time, the Read Out Loud function reads in a logical sense to preserve the text's order. Problematic when reaching charts and graphics.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Skips charts or reads them directly across in a confusing way. If they do read tables, they do not indicate which column a number refers to and often skip blanks, so a person listening to the text would not indicate what the number meant.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The navigation keys will read content aloud word by word, but the program truncates some words before they finish. This leaves some confusion about the word.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. All text, images, tables scale appropriately.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Images/charts/tables were placed primarily placed in top or bottom of a page or on their own page.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Did not include information about the image as alt text in any of the pdfs tested. Occasionally the reader could read off the text in the image, but it was usually not helpful or labelled properly.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Could not find any logos to test. But images do not always have any alt text or if they have it is confusing to reader.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Rich Images never have appropriate alt text which allows the reader to understand the chart appropriately without difficulty. Often the reader will just read a chart across giving a large stream of numbers without label context.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Tables are able to be read across but they do not offer in-text summaries or appropriate heading tags when reading the data.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: Always problematic.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: About 40% of the time the bookmarks are available.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Where available, it is linked correctly.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Yes, primarily in English-speaking videos. Often, they do not caption the whole video leaving opening remarks or side comments uncommented when it is obvious someone is talking.
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: Always
Score: 2
Notes:
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Some videos with delayed pauses before speaking areas have caption appearing before they start one word at a time.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The transcripts do not cover the whole group of people speaking in the videos at times. For instance, they may only cover part of the conversation.
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: They will include a "shot" list and often soundbite text.
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: 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: CINAHL
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: EBSCO
Institution: Northern
Score: F

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never Tested 8 PDFs.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Not Applicable Not applicable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always Tested 8 PDFs.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Never Tested 8 PDFs. All failed in the following categories: figures alternative text, nested alternative text, associated with the content, hidden annotations, other elements alternative text.
Is primary language specified? Never Tested 8 PDFs.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always Tested 8 PDFs.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes Tested 8 PDFs. All failed in the Tagged Content and Tagged Annotations categories; all passed in the Tagged Multimedia category.
Are list and table structure correct? Never Tested 8 PDFs. All PDFs failed all categories.

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 Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. 90% of the time, the Read Out Loud function reads in a logical sense to preserve the text's order. Problematic when reaching charts and graphics.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Sometimes Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Skips charts or reads them directly across in a confusing way. If they do read tables, they do not indicate which column a number refers to and often skip blanks, so a person listening to the text would not indicate what the number meant.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The navigation keys will read content aloud word by word, but the program truncates some words before they finish. This leaves some confusion about the word.

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 Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. All text, images, tables scale appropriately.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Always Tested 8 PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Images/charts/tables were placed primarily placed in top or bottom of a page or on their own page.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never Did not include information about the image as alt text in any of the pdfs tested. Occasionally the reader could read off the text in the image, but it was usually not helpful or labelled properly.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never Could not find any logos to test. But images do not always have any alt text or if they have it is confusing to reader.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Never Rich Images never have appropriate alt text which allows the reader to understand the chart appropriately without difficulty. Often the reader will just read a chart across giving a large stream of numbers without label context.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never Tables are able to be read across but they do not offer in-text summaries or appropriate heading tags when reading the data.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Never Always problematic.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes About 40% of the time the bookmarks are available.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always Where available, it is linked correctly.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Sometimes Yes, primarily in English-speaking videos. Often, they do not caption the whole video leaving opening remarks or side comments uncommented when it is obvious someone is talking.
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? Always
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Sometimes Some videos with delayed pauses before speaking areas have caption appearing before they start one word at a time.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Always The transcripts do not cover the whole group of people speaking in the videos at times. For instance, they may only cover part of the conversation.
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 They will include a "shot" list and often soundbite text.
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? Not Applicable
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable
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