Assessment for VetMed Resource by St. Clair - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: None of the PDFs sampled were image-only.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: None of the PDF’s sampled were locked. The text is searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: PDFs sampled are all searchable and text is extractable.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Three of the five PDFs sampled failed the alternative text section of the accessibility test for Acrobat. The other two PDFs failed one to two of the alt text section for the accessibility test. But users can set their own alt text.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Three of the five PDFs samples passed this section of the accessibility checker test. The other two PDF samples failed.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Three out of five PDFs passed the character encoding section. Two PDFs failed this test.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Two out of the five PDFs sampled passed the page element tagged test in the accessibility checker. The other three PDFs have mixed results. Some page elements are tagged while others aren’t.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Two of the five PDFs sampled passed the table and list section of the accessibility checker. The other three PDFs failed. Though after doing the autotagged option for the accessibility, all of areas in the tables and list section of the accessibility checker for the five pdfs pass, except for summary. This area is always skipped. Therefore, the structure is corrected.
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 acrobat for the most part does read the PDFs in a logical way. However, two of the PDFs read the columns out of order as the text in the right appears halfway down the page.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: For at least one of the PDFs sampled, the read out loud function does read the blank spaces for images.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Each PDF does have playback through keyboard navigation. However, only for certain areas of the documents. It only reads certain focused texts such as a signal word, sentence or punctuation, rather than a whole paragraph section.
When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Text and tables are clear at 250% for all PDFs sampled but some require the user to move the horizontal bar at the bottom of the page. This is especially the case for documents with two columns. Some of the images at this magnification are blurry and harder to see.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Most of the images are placed in the document where they are easy to find, usually with the important information and description above or below the image. However, there are some instances where the images are placed at the bottom or top of the page but the information describing the image is farther up on the page.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not all images within the PDF documents have alt text for the images. However, there is an option to put in the alt text yourself.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Not all PDFs contain alt text for there images.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: Images in the sampled PDFs do have appropriate textual alternative such as descriptions in the absence of alt text.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Only two out of the five PDFs sampled were properly tagged. There are in text summaries at the top of the tables and within the reports, but the summaries are skipped in the tagging process.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Through using the arrow buttons the user can navigate through the tables. The screen reader reads the columns and rows left to right. But the user cannot tab through each section.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: One out of the five PDFs sampled had bookmarks in the display panel. However, a user can manually put in bookmarks if they choose too.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The only PDF that had bookmarks did link to the correction sections in the article.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There was only two videos found and it is a training video on YouTube. The video has the closed caption option to turn on. There is also a transcript that users can access.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There is a CC option to turn on at the bottom of the video in the same place as all YouTube videos.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: There were no typos in the training videos captions. However, the captions are not written as full sentences.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The closed captioning is found at the bottom of the videos in two lines at a time. It does not block or interfere with other visual components.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The captions are synced with the person speaking. The video has a narrator that does not appear on screen.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The two training videos do have transcripts available that users can access.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: Closed caption option is available for both videos as well as a transcript. When accessing the training video, users are taken to the CABI YouTube channel which opens up in a new tab.
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: There is no described video option but there is a detailed transcription link that provides instructions on where the user is going to navigate the databases.
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: There is no described video option.
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There are no audio files found within this database.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There are no audio files found within this database.
eResource: VetMed Resource
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: CABI
Institution: St. Clair
Score: D+

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Not Applicable None of the PDFs sampled were image-only.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Not Applicable None of the PDF’s sampled were locked. The text is searchable and extractable.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always PDFs sampled are all searchable and text is extractable.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Sometimes Three of the five PDFs sampled failed the alternative text section of the accessibility test for Acrobat. The other two PDFs failed one to two of the alt text section for the accessibility test. But users can set their own alt text.
Is primary language specified? Sometimes Three of the five PDFs samples passed this section of the accessibility checker test. The other two PDF samples failed.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Sometimes Three out of five PDFs passed the character encoding section. Two PDFs failed this test.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes Two out of the five PDFs sampled passed the page element tagged test in the accessibility checker. The other three PDFs have mixed results. Some page elements are tagged while others aren’t.
Are list and table structure correct? Sometimes Two of the five PDFs sampled passed the table and list section of the accessibility checker. The other three PDFs failed. Though after doing the autotagged option for the accessibility, all of areas in the tables and list section of the accessibility checker for the five pdfs pass, except for summary. This area is always skipped. Therefore, the structure is corrected.

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 acrobat for the most part does read the PDFs in a logical way. However, two of the PDFs read the columns out of order as the text in the right appears halfway down the page.
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Sometimes For at least one of the PDFs sampled, the read out loud function does read the blank spaces for images.
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Sometimes Each PDF does have playback through keyboard navigation. However, only for certain areas of the documents. It only reads certain focused texts such as a signal word, sentence or punctuation, rather than a whole paragraph section.

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 Text and tables are clear at 250% for all PDFs sampled but some require the user to move the horizontal bar at the bottom of the page. This is especially the case for documents with two columns. Some of the images at this magnification are blurry and harder to see.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Sometimes Most of the images are placed in the document where they are easy to find, usually with the important information and description above or below the image. However, there are some instances where the images are placed at the bottom or top of the page but the information describing the image is farther up on the page.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Not all images within the PDF documents have alt text for the images. However, there is an option to put in the alt text yourself.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Sometimes Not all PDFs contain alt text for there images.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Always Images in the sampled PDFs do have appropriate textual alternative such as descriptions in the absence of alt text.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Sometimes Only two out of the five PDFs sampled were properly tagged. There are in text summaries at the top of the tables and within the reports, but the summaries are skipped in the tagging process.
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Sometimes Through using the arrow buttons the user can navigate through the tables. The screen reader reads the columns and rows left to right. But the user cannot tab through each section.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes One out of the five PDFs sampled had bookmarks in the display panel. However, a user can manually put in bookmarks if they choose too.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always The only PDF that had bookmarks did link to the correction sections in the article.

Video Captions

Question Answer Notes Images
Are videos captioned? Always There was only two videos found and it is a training video on YouTube. The video has the closed caption option to turn on. There is also a transcript that users can access.
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? Always There is a CC option to turn on at the bottom of the video in the same place as all YouTube videos.
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? Always There were no typos in the training videos captions. However, the captions are not written as full sentences.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? Always The closed captioning is found at the bottom of the videos in two lines at a time. It does not block or interfere with other visual components.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? Always The captions are synced with the person speaking. The video has a narrator that does not appear on screen.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? Always The two training videos do have transcripts available that users can access.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? Not Applicable Closed caption option is available for both videos as well as a transcript. When accessing the training video, users are taken to the CABI YouTube channel which opens up in a new tab.

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 There is no described video option but there is a detailed transcription link that provides instructions on where the user is going to navigate the databases.
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? Never There is no described video option.

Audio Accessibility

Question Answer Notes Images
Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? Never There are no audio files found within this database.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Never There are no audio files found within this database.
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