Assessment for FP Advisor by St. Clair - Module 4: Content

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Are the sampled PDFs image-only?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: Five PDFs samples were extracted, and none were image only. All were searchable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)?
Answer: Never
Score: 2
Notes: The sampled PDFs are not locked. Users can search, highlight, and copy text from the document.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The sampled PDFs are searchable and text is extractable.
Are alternative descriptions provided?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All five PDF documents sampled have failed the accessibility test in acrobat.
Is primary language specified?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: All five PDF documents sampled have failed the primary language accessibility test in acrobat. A language is not specified. Though, the PDFs are in English.
Is reliable character encoding provided?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: All five PDFs documented sampled passed the character encoding accessibility test.
Are all page elements tagged?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: Across all five PDF samples only certain elements of the pages were tagged before enabling the automatic tagging option in the accessibility test. The sections that failed are ‘Tagged PDF’ and ‘Tagged Content’.
Are list and table structure correct?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: These sections of the acrobat accessibility checker failed for all five PDFs sampled.
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:
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: In all five PDFs sampled the text, tables, and images are easy to read. However, a user will have to use the horizontal scroll bar to read all of the text.
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no images present in the PDFs.
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no images present in the PDFs.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no images present in the PDFs.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There are no images present in the PDFs.
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: The tables are not tagged and there is no in-text summaries for the tables
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers?
Answer: Never
Score: 0
Notes: There is no distinguished table headers in the PDF documents sample.
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks?
Answer: Sometimes
Score: 1
Notes: One of the five PDF samples which was a longer report included bookmarks. The one-page Industrial summary reports did not include bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document?
Answer: Always
Score: 2
Notes: The PDFs that contained bookmarks did link to the correct sections.
Are videos captioned?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio or video content. No captions needed.
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 is no audio or video content. No captions needed.
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 is no audio or video content. No captions needed.
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio or video content. No captions needed.
Are the captions in sync with spoken words?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio or video content. No captions needed.
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio or video content. No transcripts needed.
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio or video content. No transcripts needed.
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 is no audio or video content.
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 is no audio or video content.
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 or video content.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio?
Answer: Not Applicable
Score: -1
Notes: There is no audio or video content.
eResource: FP Advisor
eResource Type: Database
Vendor: Post Media
Institution: St. Clair
Score: C

PDFs

Searchable PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the sampled PDFs image-only? Never Five PDFs samples were extracted, and none were image only. All were searchable.
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? Never The sampled PDFs are not locked. Users can search, highlight, and copy text from the document.
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? Always The sampled PDFs are searchable and text is extractable.

Tagged PDFs

Question Answer Notes Images
Are alternative descriptions provided? Never All five PDF documents sampled have failed the accessibility test in acrobat.
Is primary language specified? Never All five PDF documents sampled have failed the primary language accessibility test in acrobat. A language is not specified. Though, the PDFs are in English.
Is reliable character encoding provided? Always All five PDFs documented sampled passed the character encoding accessibility test.
Are all page elements tagged? Sometimes Across all five PDF samples only certain elements of the pages were tagged before enabling the automatic tagging option in the accessibility test. The sections that failed are ‘Tagged PDF’ and ‘Tagged Content’.
Are list and table structure correct? Never These sections of the acrobat accessibility checker failed for all five PDFs sampled.

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
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? Always
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? Always

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 In all five PDFs sampled the text, tables, and images are easy to read. However, a user will have to use the horizontal scroll bar to read all of the text.

Images

Positioning of Images

Question Answer Notes Images
Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? Not Applicable There are no images present in the PDFs.

Alternative Description

Question Answer Notes Images
Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There are no images present in the PDFs.
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There are no images present in the PDFs.
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? Not Applicable There are no images present in the PDFs.

Tables

Question Answer Notes Images
Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? Never The tables are not tagged and there is no in-text summaries for the tables
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? Never There is no distinguished table headers in the PDF documents sample.

Additional Navigational Aids

Question Answer Notes Images
Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? Sometimes One of the five PDF samples which was a longer report included bookmarks. The one-page Industrial summary reports did not include bookmarks.
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? Always The PDFs that contained bookmarks did link to the correct sections.

Video Captions

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

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 is no audio or video content.
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 is no audio or video content.

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 or video content.
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? Not Applicable There is no audio or video content.
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