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Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems – Detail
VPAT™
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
®
Criteria
Supporting Features
Remarks and explanations
(a) When software is designed to run on a system that has
a keyboard, product functions shall be executable from a
keyboard where the function itself or the result of
performing a function can be discerned textually.
Supports
Regarding Sharp imaging (one of the functions of
Sharpdesk
® document management software),
some mouse commands do not
have a
corresponding keyboard command. (ex. range
specification of image data).
All buttons and links can be focused using
keyboard in PRINTER DRIVER/ Printer Status
Monitor.
(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated
features of other produc
ts that are identified as accessibility
features, where those features are developed and
documented according to industry standards. Applications
also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any
operating system that are identified as accessibility
features where the application programming interface for
those accessibility features has been documented by the
manufacturer of the operating system and is available to
the product developer.
Supports
Sharpdesk software runs on Microsoft™ OS and
util
ities.
PRINTER DRIVER/ Printer Status Monitor are not
designed to disrupt or disable other functions by
design.
(c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus
shall be provided that moves among interactive interface
elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be
programmatically exposed so that Assistive Technology
can track focus and focus changes.
Supports with
Limitations
If the focus changes, the target will change in
some ways. Ex. the frame color will change if a
thumbnail is
focused. The text will be bold if
focused.
If the focus changes, the target will change in
some ways. Ex. the frame line will change if an
icon button is focused.