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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Technology to access the information, field elements, and
functionality required for completion and submission of the
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Using Assistive Technology, all field elements and
functionality required for completion and
submission of the electronic forms are accessible.