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Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information and applications – Detail
VPAT™
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
®
Criteria
Supporting
Features
Remarks and explanations
(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be
provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element
content).
Support
For every non-text element, text for screen readers is
provided.
(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia
presentation shall be synchronized with the
presentation.
No multimedia presentations (video/speech and sound)
are used.
(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information
conveyed with color is also available without color, for
example from context or markup.
Support
The web pages are designed so that all information
conveyed with color is also available without color.
(d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable
without requiring an associated style sheet.
Support The documents are organized so that their contents are
readable without requiring an associated style sheet.
(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each
active region of a server-side image map.
No image maps are used.
(f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of
server-side image maps except where the regions
cannot be defined with an available geometric shape.
No image maps are used.
(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data
tables.
Support Column headers have different tags from cells so that
column headers can be distinguishable. No row
headers are used.
(h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and
header cells for data tables that have two or more logical
levels of row or column headers.
No data tables that have two or more logical levels of
row or column headers are used.
(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame
identification and navigation
No frames are used.
(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen
to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower
than 55 Hz.
No videos are used.
(k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or
functionality, shall be provided to make a web site
comply with the provisions of this part, when compliance
cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content
of the text-only page shall be updated whenever the
primary page changes.
The web pages comply with the provisions of this part.
(l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display
content, or to create interface elements, the information
provided by the script shall be identified with functional
text that can be read by Assistive Technology.
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The web pages utilizing scripting languages also
provide functional text that can be read by Assistive
Technology.
(m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or
other application be present on the client system to
interpret page content, the page must provide a link to a
plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a) through
(l).
No applets, plug-ins and other applications are needed
to interpret the web page contents.
(n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed
on-line, the form shall allow people using Assistive
Support Using Assistive Technology, all field elements and
functionality required for completion and submission of