Assessment Report
eResource Title | Vendor | Overall Grade |
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Films on Demand | McIntyre Media | C+ |
Key Findings
Strengths
- All text and images meet contrast requirements
- Information is not distorted when zoomed in at 200%
Weaknesses
- Some images contain a textual alternative
- Some information is preserved at different screen resolutions
Images
Positioning of Images
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? | Sometimes | There is an image icon in the bottom left corner that is used to access the help center and technical support. This is found on most pages. There is a button or something at the middle of the left margin for "Feedback" which I think is hard to notice. I think that any "Feedback" would be better attached to "Contact Us". |
Functional images embedded in the background
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are there functional images embedded in the background? | Sometimes | The "back to top" button in the bottom right corner and the icon for accessing the "Resource Center" seem to be on their own layer or embedded. They do resize when the page is resized, but they do not stay anchored to the location on the actual page relative to the text...instead they stay on the screen like stickers, while the content can be scrolled underneath. |
Presence of Icons
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are there icons where appropriate, such as icons to indicate PDF Full Text, Download, Folder, Citation, etc? | Always | There are many icons, but some are less intuitive than others. The bottom left icon for accessing Help or Technical support might be better equipped with a question mark than a person with a blue head [guessing that is what it is]. Adding or pinning favorites uses a plus "+" symbol rather than the usual folder or pushpin icon. |
Alt Text
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Always | The images differentiate the videos available, but are not in of themselves informative. Where there are icons that do inform, they have side by side text (share, add to file, cite), or alt text (download icon). | |
Do functional images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Sometimes | The icon for the "Resource Center" does not have alt text and there is no adjacent text. The Back to top button DOES have adjacent text. From the record pages, all the icons under the video pane have adjacent text as well as alt text. | |
Do images used as text contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Not Applicable | No images as text. | |
Content Scaling
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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When zoomed in at 200%, is text intact, readable, and not cut off? | Sometimes | The results page has a pair of boxes, "All subjects" and "more filters" that condense into a single "filter option" list at 250%, and the pop up for this combined list, the right edge of this pop up is cut off. For individual item records, at 200% and 250% the side by side text for some icons disappears (Share, Add to, Cite, Create a new segment)., and these options are no longer directly associated with the video itself. The right pane with the transcripts shifts to a location under the video pane, and the options are then placed under the transcripts pane. This said, the quality of what is on the screen is clear and easy to read. | |
Are images clear and unpixelated at 200%? | Always | ||
Is horizontal scrolling minimized at 200%? | Always | ||
Colour and Contrast
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do text and images have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1? | Always | There are some contrast errors being noted in dark mode, but the pages always pass, and are showing a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 in Wave. The errors noted are typically for red text on the black background of dark mode. | |
Colour
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do colour coded graphs have text equivalents? | Not Applicable | There are no graphs in this resource. | |
Are blocks of content separated from one another using visual separation (such as whitespace or borders)? | Always | There are lines dividing some sections from each other. | |
Are text alternatives provided where colour is used to indicate an action? | Not Applicable | Colour is not used to indicate an action. |
Text to speech
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is there a choice embedded within the database that offers text to speech or read aloud options? | Not Applicable | No HTML text documents. |
Clustered Links
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Using your mouse, is the clickable area around links and buttons large enough for users to see and activate easily? | Always | ||
Using your mouse to test links, are links and buttons far enough apart for users to accurately activate? | Always | ||
Using any method to test links, are all links and buttons functional (i.e., not dead)? | Always | No sign of broken links | |
Are links or buttons accessible via keyboard navigation? | Sometimes | The floating icons for "feedback", the "Resource Center" and [return to the top] do not seem to be accessible via keyboard navigation. |
Dynamic content
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Can users pause carousel movement? | Never | There is a carousel on the home page. It moves automatically. There is no button to pause the carousel that is available to NVDA. There are contextual arrow buttons on either side of the carousel, but you must mouse over them to see them, so they are not apparent to a screen reader, and they are still not "pause" buttons. | |
Is all functionality, including navigating between carousel items, operable by keyboard? | Sometimes | The carousel is accessed with the tab key and the tab key can access arrow keys attached to the carousel, but you have to hover over the carousel with a mouse to make those arrow keys appear. This is true for the rest of the subject carousels on the home page. |
Liquid layout
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is the order of the text preserved at all screen resolutions, without overlap? | Sometimes | When on smaller screen resolutions, some of the side by side text for icons disappears. For example on a result page for a given subject, there are icons at the top right with text for "Page link" and "Export all titles", and for many of the individual films, there are icons with text for "Preview" "Share" and "Add to". The "Your Profile" icon, present on a desktop screen, disappears altogether from the small iphone screen, but it has been placed under the hamburger menu at the left. | |
Do images avoid overlapping at all screen resolutions? | Sometimes | There are images for buttons that float at all resolutions, such as those for "Feedback" the "Resource Center" and "Back to top". These nearly always over lap part of the screen, but the screen can be scrolled under these buttons...they are never "stuck in place". | |
Is the overall reading experience preserved at all screen resolutions? | Always | The essential features seem to present well at each resolution. | |
Key Findings
Weaknesses
- The platform’s layout and navigation is somewhat consistent across all pages
- User input fields do not contain labels and clear instructions to help users successfully complete the form
- Page content does not have appropriate headers and is not tagged appropriately
Labels and Instructions for Interactive Elements
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are user input fields accompanied by clear instructions on what the user needs to do to successfully complete the form? | Sometimes | Sign in page has placeholder text only for username and password. "Feedback" pages have placeholder text for name and email address. The "submit a request" form has a problem that all users will have...the drop down box for "Please choose your issue below" has only one choice, and it does not make sense. I have submitted a ticket to Films on Demand about it (April 24, 2024). There are survey questions on the "Feedback" form that require sliding a dot on a scale, and there is an emoji face at the end that defaults to a frown. It is not immediately obvious what to do with the slider. There are no instructions for completing this part of the form. | |
Do user input fields contain labels in addition to overall instructions mentioned above? | Sometimes | The "submit a request" form has labels for the fields, but feedback and sign in pages do not have labels for every field, while they do have placeholder text. | |
Are descriptions for fields and boxes easy to understand? | Sometimes | When they are present, descriptions for fields are understandable. | |
Are labels placed above the user input fields and clearly associated with each field? | Sometimes | Where there are labels, they are generally clearly associated with the field they apply to, and sometimes they are located directly above the field, but many of the labels are missing altogether. | |
Are text cues for coloured form control labels available? | Not Applicable | There are no coloured control labels that I could see. | |
Are other visual indicators provided consistently, such as an asterisk for required form fields? | Not Applicable | There are no visual indicators such as asterisks for required form fields. | |
Error Prevention
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are user input fields either reversible, checked, or confirmed? One of the three is acceptable. | Sometimes | Sign in page is checked Feedback page does not appear to be checked, or confirmed or reversible after submission, but the user must click a button to submit before it actually is submitted. If someone mistypes in the search bar (I tried csts...meaning "cats") the database makes suggestions. In "sharing" a link to a particular resource, there is the opportunity to "clear all fields" next to the submit button. There is a check of the email input form for sure, so if someone does not put in a valid format of an address they will be stopped from submitting. The optional email address field in the Feedback form is NOT checked...I keyed in a non-email but the form submitted without hesitation. You cannot click on the submit button for the Feedback form, if the form is empty. |
Error Reports
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are alert messages clearly visible to the user, either at the top of the form field, inline, or through a dialog box? | Sometimes | If someone tries to share a record for an item, and they do not enter the email address of the recipient correctly, there is a notification "Something's not quite right", which does not clearly identify the field or the problem in that field to correct. When someone mistypes and it generates zero results there are recommendations that appear under the "0" number of results. It states "Did you mean to search for one of these terms instead?" This is not close to the search bar however. I am not sure if clients would notice this or not. If someone opens the Feedback page and they click "submit feedback" without having data in any other part of the form, the pointer turns into a circle with a line through it, when the mouse is over the submit feedback button. | |
Do alert messages clearly indicate the field in which the error has occurred and a description of the error and the fix? | Sometimes | If someone tries to share a record for an item, and they do not enter the email address of the recipient correctly, there is a notification "Something's not quite right", which does not clearly identify the field or the problem in that field to correct. If someone opens the Feedback page and they click "submit feedback" without having data in any other part of the form, the pointer turns into a circle with a line through it, when the mouse is over the submit feedback button. This does not identify the problem or the location of the problem. | |
Is the user able to easily access the user input field to correct the error? | Always | ||
Is the user able to resubmit the form and re-validate their submission? | Sometimes | If the form is sent, there is no way to call it back to revise it. If the form halts because of a problem, yes the client can go back and edit before trying to re-send it. | |
Do error reports follow a logical reading and navigation order? | Never | The error reports do not show up in a consistent way. The variety in notifications include: a red box with a message, an icon of a circle with a line through it, and a description in text. These messages do not appear in a particular physical location on the page, or in a particular location with respect to a field. |
Search function spell-check
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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When a user spells a word incorrectly, does the search function offer spelling suggestions or synonyms? | Always | Suggestions are generated when there are zero results. |
Functionality of Interactive Elements
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are icons such as to save, download, or print consistent across the site? | Always | ||
Is alternative text clear and consistent for each icon type? | Never | There is side by side text for most icons, but not all. However these same icons are Aria "Hidden": Share, Add to, Cite, Segments [for creating snips of videos for presentations], download transcript...which may interfere with screen readers. There is NO alt text for icons, hidden or not. | |
Are actions consistently labelled across the site? For example, the “search” button is always labeled “search”. | Always | ||
Are icons that have adjacent links consistent? | Always | ||
Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text alone? | Always |
Consistent Navigation
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the eresource have a consistent layout and navigation across all pages? | Sometimes | The layout of the pages associated with the icon for the "Resource Center" is not the same as other pages throughout the resource. There is no access to the bottom links for "Help", "Contact us", translation and so on, that are present on the main pages of the website. Resource Center pages do not have the search bar for the rest of the database. | |
Are search fields located in the same places throughout the website? | Sometimes | The search bar for the main database is not present on the pages for the "Resource Center", but where the search bar is present, it is consistently at the top of the page throughout. | |
Do other features occur in the same place throughout the website? | Sometimes | With the exception of the "Resource Center" pages, help and contact us are in the same lower region of the page for the other pages in this resource. "Share" and "add to file" icons are not in the exact same page location on the results page (where they appear to the left of the image for a given film) compared to the specific item page (where they appear directly below the image for a given film). | |
Are links, buttons, images, and other components that are used repeatedly throughout a website labeled consistently? | Always | When they are labelled, they are consistent. | |
Pop-up windows/Interruptions
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the electronic resource avoid the use of pop-up windows which open automatically in a new tab if a user clicks on a button? | Always | There are many pop ups, but they appear in the same tab. When a new tab is generated, it is for a full page, not a pop up. | |
Does the database avoid launching pop-up windows automatically when the database is loaded? | Always | There is no pop up that loads from the landing page of the database. | |
Where pop-ups occur, are users able to postpone or suppress any pop-ups? | Always | Individual pop ups can be suppressed by clicking a second time on the same spot as when it was activated. The browser might also be able to suppress pop ups in settings. The pop ups have X's in the top right corner for closing. | |
Does the database avoid launching pages in a new browser window with the usual browser controls missing? | Always | It never launches a new browser window. |
Headers
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is page content subdivided hierarchically into appropriate headings and tagged appropriately? | Never | There are applied headers, but they are not hierarchical...there is no Heading 1, and there is no relationship between Header 2 and Header 3 items. | |
Are headings concise and clear, and accurately reflect the content under that heading? | Never | There are applied headers, but they are not hierarchical...there is no Heading 1, and there is no relationship between Header 2 and Header 3 items. | |
Menus
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do database page menus have a reasonable number of navigation items and drop-down options? | Always | ||
Does the main navigation and drop-downs contain a reasonable number of menu items? | Always | ||
Can all menus and submenus be accessed with screen readers and via keyboard navigation? | Always | Keyboard navigation: Home: yes Result page: Yes Item page: No There is an option for Googletranslate (which has a drop down list of possible languages) which the tab button does not visit. Subject list page: Yes Individual subject results page: Yes, including drop down lists. Feedback page: Yes, even the survey questions with a toggle on a line work with the tab (Resource center pages are inaccessible because the icon can't be reached with the tab button) Screen reader: YES |
Change of context
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the “results” page or item record view avoid opening in a new tab without a warning? | Always | You have to click "enter" for the "Results" page or an item record to load, and it while it navigates to a new page, it stays within the same tab. | |
Is there an "update now" button that requests a refresh of content rather than automatically updating the content? | Always | In the results page, there are further filters that can be added to a search, and selecting these does not automatically update the content. There is a "Done" button to select, when the client is submitting changes. | |
Does the database avoid automatic redirection? | Always | There are no automatic redirections from an old page to a new page. |
Change of Context: Focus
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the form refrain from submitting automatically when a component receives focus? | Always | You must click "enter" for any item to be submitted. In receiving focus, form elements do not automatically submit. | |
Does the database avoid launching new windows when a component receives focus? | Always | ||
Does the database avoid change of focus when a component receives focus? | Always | ||
Are you able to tab through a page using keyboard navigation without the keyboard focus moving away from the control? | Sometimes | Most pages navigate the way one would expect, but carousels can sometimes end up out of synch, where the tab moves NVDA to read the carousel in sequence until it should "move" to accommodate the items that spill over the page...the voice will correctly read the items in sequence, but the visual indicator of the navigation will have "slipped" and will sometimes even become two boxes overlapped. It gets "caught up" on the start of the next carousel, and then slips out of order again after the first page of results has been read through. |
Key Findings
Weaknesses
- Some interactive functionality works consistently for users who are navigating a site via keyboard
Navigation Links
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Can the purpose of each link be determined from the link text, or from the link text together with its surrounding context? | Sometimes | The icon for the "Resource Center", for accessing help, is not particularly representative as an image and there is no text beside it to indicate what it does. This is an exception. Most links are defined with text on the screen. Note that some of the icons lose their on screen text when the screen dimensions are smaller, such as on a phone, as compared to a desk top screen, so the experience may vary depending on the device in use. |
Keyboard Navigation
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Can keyboard focus be moved to all page elements? | Always | Keyboard focus is moveable to all elements when NO screen reader is in use. However, when using NVDA, it is hard to move the focus with keystrokes without there being overlaps, or duplicate focus indicators, ghosting and other problems. | |
If moving keyboard focus away from a component requires more than arrow or tab keys, is this clearly indicated on the page? | Not Applicable | ||
Is default keyboard navigation order logical and intuitive, following the visual flow of the page as described above? | Sometimes | While most navigation is logical and intuitive, there are occasionally navigation bits that go left to right, such as when we are on a specific item page, the cursor is in the pane for transcripts of videos, the link order is "Segments" and then "Transcript". When we are on the general search result page, in the "video" tab, there are drop down boxes that jump around, first at the right: "relevance", at far left "all subjects", and then median right "more filters". | |
When using a keyboard to navigate the interface, is the keyboard focus indicator visible? | Sometimes | The Keyboard focus sometimes vanishes on result pages, when it is connected to the videos themselves. It is also invisible when on the "Resource Center" icon. It is also invisible when on the Google Translate icon. When NVDA is in use, sometimes the keyboard focus indicator splits into as many as 3 components. | |
Does all interactive functionality work via keyboard, and does it behave consistently and as expected? | Sometimes | Carousels on the home page can be moved at will with a mouse, but do not have the same controls when the tab keys are used. People using a screen reader such as NVDA have significant other issues using the keyboard to tab through the carousels on this page. People without the screen reader using a keyboard have fewer issues. | |
Does focus order move sequentially across form fields? | Sometimes | When there is no screen reader, tabbing is fine on the HOME page, like most of the pages. The screen reader NVDA, however has difficulty with this same HOME page. In the set of carousels on this page, it is easy to tab faster than NVDA can put a ring around the object, and NVDA soon splits one focus marker into two objects with focus markers, and then even three, and sometimes a focus ring will end up between separate objects on the page, or will even move backwards. Interestingly, the actual object read aloud continues to advance one at a time, as one would expect, but it may not match ANY of the rings on the screen. | |
Skip Links
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are there skip links (either visible or invisible)? | Sometimes | Tested with Chrome. Home: "Skip to main content" (invisible), "Back to top" (visible) Results: "Skip to main content" (invisible), "Back to top" (visible) Item 1: "Skip to main content" (invisible), "Back to top" (visible) I am not sure what "Skip to main content" is supposed to do. When a client clicks on it with "enter", the page scrolls up a bit, and the focus is not on part of the page that is visible. It does seem to skip over the pane across the very top, which includes the search bar and the "Your Profile" link, but I think the client will end up lost. | |
Are skip links visible or invisible? | Sometimes | "Skip to main content" (invisible), "Back to top" (visible) | |
Are skip links (visible or invisible) positioned prominently near the beginning of the page? | Sometimes | "Skip to main content" is at the top left of the page. "Back to top" is at the bottom right of the screen. | |
Are skip links labelled properly? | Always | ||
Are skip links accessible via keyboard? | Always | ||
Do anchors (link destinations) appear at the beginning of the relevant content? | Never | The anchors for "Skip to main content" are not on the part of the page that the client is viewing, and I do not think the content at the actual anchor site is important. | |
Do skip navigation controls appear in the same place on every page? | Always | Where there are skip links, they are consistently located on the page. |
Tables
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the reader capture accurate information as it appears in the table and the columns and rows? | Not Applicable | No tables | |
Frames
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the screen reader successfully navigate from one frame to another? | Never | No frames are identified to the screen reader, although many pages are divided into panes. The screen reader cannot "find" any frames. | |
Does each frame have a meaningful title that tells the user the purpose of the frame? | Never | No frames are identified to the screen reader, although many pages are divided into panes. The screen reader cannot "find" any frames. | |
When navigating the page using keyboard navigation, is the user able to navigate effectively from one frame to the next? | Never | No frames are identified to the screen reader, although many pages are divided into panes. The screen reader cannot "find" any frames. |
Key Findings
Strengths
- Audio has transcripts
PDFs
Searchable PDFs
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are the sampled PDFs image-only? | Never | Sampled PDFs are transcripts of videos. All three samples were extractable and searchable. | |
Are the sampled PDFs locked (secured)? | Never | Sampled PDFs are transcripts of videos. All three samples were extractable and searchable. | |
Are the sampled PDFs fully searchable? | Always | Sampled PDFs are transcripts of videos. All three samples were extractable and searchable. |
Tagged PDFs
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are alternative descriptions provided? | Not Applicable | These PDFs are transcriptions of videos, in text only. There are no other PDFs in the entire database. | |
Is primary language specified? | Never | Sample 1: failed Sample 2: failed Sample 3: failed | |
Is reliable character encoding provided? | Always | Sample 1: passed Sample 2: passed Sample 3: passed | |
Are all page elements tagged? | Not Applicable | These PDFs are transcriptions of videos, in text only, so there are no elements to tag. | |
Are list and table structure correct? | Not Applicable | These PDFs are transcriptions of videos, in text only. There are no lists or tables in the PDFs. |
Structure: Reading Order
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the Read Out Loud function read the PDF in a logical way, preserving the order of the text and various sections? | Always | I used Adobe to test this function, and it read all 3 sampled PDFs in a logical way, preserving the order of the text. I used Microsoft Edge to test this function. All 3 sampled articles were followed in a logical way, but they were all text only. | |
Does the Read out Loud function avoid problematic elements such as excessive blank spaces read as “blank”? | Never | None of the PDFs had large blank spaces. However, the PDFs themselves are clearly machine created. One of the PDFs sampled did not have any carriage returns to mark paragraphs or changes on screen. Most of the PDFs do not adequately differentiate between the voices of the "narrator" and other people on the screen. Some PDFs are mostly in ALL CAPS. Some PDFs have >> symbols of unclear meaning. | |
Are the controls consistent and effective for navigating through the document? | Always | The controls work, but Adobe doesn't read fluidly. Microsoft Edge is far easier to listen to for a reading of these documents. |
Magnification
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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When zooming in to 250%, does all text, images, tables, and other elements appear clear and easy to read? | Always | There are no images, tables or other elements in the PDFs, which are transcriptions of videos and audio clips. The text of the PDFs is clear at 250% |
Images
Positioning of Images
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are the images positioned prominently and easy to find? | Not Applicable | There are no images in the PDFs in this resource. |
Alternative Description
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Do informative images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Not Applicable | There are no informative images in the PDFs in this resource. | |
Do images used as titles contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Not Applicable | There are no images used as titles in the PDFs in this resource. | |
Do rich images contain appropriate alt text or an appropriate textual alternative? | Not Applicable | There are no rich images in the PDFs of this resource. |
Tables
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are tables tagged and described with in-text summaries where appropriate? | Not Applicable | The PDFs in this resource do not contain tables. | |
Do table headers allow for easy navigation with screen readers? | Not Applicable | The PDFs in this resource do not contain tables. |
Additional Navigational Aids
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Does the bookmarks panel display bookmarks? | Never | The PDFs are transcripts of videos. There are no bookmarks for these PDFs. | |
Do bookmarks link to the correct sections in the document? | Not Applicable | The PDFs are transcripts of videos. There are no bookmarks for these PDFs. |
Video Captions
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Are videos captioned? | Sometimes | Sample 1 (new film): Yes CC Sample 2 (Senders): No CC, but there are English on-screen subtitles throughout [functional as "open captions"] Sample 3 (2007 film): Yes CC Sample 4: Yes CC | |
If captions are closed, and need to be turned on by the user, is that process straightforward and intuitive? | Always | Sample 1: Yes must be turned on but it is straightforward and intuitive Sample 2: Not applicable Sample 3: Yes must be turned on but it is straightforward and intuitive Sample 4: Yes must be turned on but it is straightforward and intuitive | |
Are captions typo-free and grammatically correct (unless slang and grammatical errors are intentionally used in the video)? | Always | Sample 1: Yes Sample 2: Yes Sample 3: Yes Sample 4: Yes | |
Does caption placement avoid blocking any important visual components necessary to understand the video? | Always | Sample 1: Yes Sample 2: Yes Sample 3: Yes Sample 4: Yes | |
Are the captions in sync with spoken words? | Sometimes | Sample 1: The captions appear more slowly than the spoken words Sample 2: Yes [but the captions are subtitles] Sample 3: Yes Sample 4: Yes | |
For videos that contain captions, are transcripts provided? | Sometimes | Sample 1: Yes Sample 2: Not applicable Sample 3: Yes Sample 4: Yes | |
For videos that do not contain captions, are transcripts provided? | Never | I only found one example of an item with no captions. The Series "Senders" does not have captions and also does not have transcripts. |
Described Video
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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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? | Always | Sample 1: There is no DV, but there is a transcript of the words spoken in the video on the same page. There is the option to download this transcript from this same page. Sample 2: There is no DV, and there is no transcript on the same page. However, this item is subtitled on screen. Occasionally the subtitles do not include translation of foreign scripts on the page [Names of presenters in Hebrew], and unfortunately this information is not transmitted in the audio at all, so some content is missed [for all people who cannot read Hebrew, sighted or not]. Sample 3: There is no DV. There is a text equivalent of the words of the video on the same page. Sample 4: There is no DV. There is a text equivalent of the words of the video on the same page. | |
If the video includes described video or a text equivalent of the video, is it an accurate description of the video contents? | Sometimes | The videos do not ever have DV. The text equivalents are never at the level of descriptive video, in that they never describe shapes, colours, or the specific kinds of sounds occurring. Sample 1: There is no DV, but Yes the transcript includes notation to show when music is playing, and when the speaker changes Sample 2:There is no DV, and there is no transcript on the same page. However, this item is subtitled on screen. Occasionally the subtitles do not include translation of foreign scripts on the page [Names of presenters in Hebrew], and unfortunately this information is not transmitted in the audio at all, so some content is missed [for all people who cannot read Hebrew, sighted or not]. Sample 3: There is no DV, but yes there is notation to indicate when the person speaking has changed. Sample 4: There is no DV, but yes, there is notation to indicate when the person speaking has changed. [But spoken language is in "all caps", so hard to read] | |
Audio Accessibility
Question | Answer | Notes | Images |
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Is a link to a text transcript provided in reasonable proximity to the audio clip? | Always | When a transcript is provided, it is in a pane near the audio clip. | |
If a transcript is provided, does it accurately capture the content of the audio? | Sometimes | The transcripts are a literal machine interpretation of the sounds in the video, with no descriptions or editorial marks to set context. I did not see signs that a human had reviewed or edited these files. As the problems with the files vary, I suspect that the approach to creating transcript files has not been consistent over time. | |