Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems
Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks (e.g., definition, equivalent facilitation, scope of support provided) |
1194.21(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. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Ability to perform functions with keyboard only.
- Logical tab order through the product controls and selectable elements.
Exceptions: Affecting the Application Express Development Environment: - Some pages contain unintuitive tab order. This issue is tracked with Oracle bugs 9474840 and 14463362.
Affecting Custom Applications: - If Column Groups are defined for the columns in an Interactive Report Region, and Single Row View is used to display the row details, the "Expand" and "Collapse" icons used to show and hide a particular Column Group cannot receive keyboard focus and are therefore inaccessible to keyboard-only users. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 16275752.
Affecting Development Environment, Websheet Runtime and Custom Applications: - The column headings in an Interactive Report Region used to sort, hide, filter, group or show help about data are not accessible by keyboard navigation. This functionality, with the exception of showing help, is available via the interactive report 'Actions' menu. Please see the 'Accessibility in Oracle Application Express' appendix of the Oracle Application Express User Guide for details of how to access the 'Actions menu with keyboard only and JAWS'. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 7655582.
- In Interactive Report Regions, the Compute and Group By dialogs contain the following text elements that have a popup menu adjacent to the element (providing the user a way to select from common format masks if they wish) and this popup menu cannot receive keyboard focus; Compute dialog > Format Mask, Group By dialog > Format Mask 1, 2 and 3 (once for each group by function). This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 17970817.
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1194.21(b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products 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. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Response to Windows High Contrast Mode.
- Response to zoom.
Exceptions: Affecting the Application Express Development Environment: - Please see the remarks in 1194.21(g).
- On one page in the 'Application Builder' module, in certain circumstances some buttons in an 'Interactive Report' region header bar become overlaid on one another, when that content is zoomed in. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 14479157.
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1194.21(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. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Visual indication of the position of the cursor.
- Current focus location is programmatically exposed.
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1194.21(d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and state of the element shall be available to assistive technology. When an image represents a program element, the information conveyed by the image must also be available in text. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Controls have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL, TITLE, SUMMARY, CAPTION, etc.
- Additional state information is programmatically exposed, such as whether a field is ‘required’ or whether a field is 'invalid' based on user input.
- Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text.
Exceptions: Affecting Custom Applications: - If Column Groups are defined for the columns in an Interactive Report Region, and Single Row View is used to display the row details, the "Expand" and "Collapse" icons used to show and hide a particular Column Group have no ALT text. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 16275752.
Affecting Websheet Runtime: - The 'Getting Started' page, that is included if the user specifies to include it when creating a 'Websheet' application, contains a complex informational image, showing a screenshot of the application homepage, with magnified sections highlighting different key functionality. This image has no ALT text. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 17061651.
Affecting the Application Express Development Environment: - In one page in the 'Application Builder' module, there is a custom form field rendered with an icon next to the field, that when clicked loads a popup displaying possible values to select for the field. This is the 'Detail Table Name' field on the 'Create Application - Pages' page, displaying during the wizard to create a new application. The icon has no ALT text, resulting in the wrapping anchor having no link text. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 14479237.
- Across the development environment there are many report pages, with 'Edit' icons on each row of the report, to take the user to edit a particular component relevant to that page and row. In many places across these pages, this icon contains an image with either missing, or empty ALT text, which therefore means the wrapping anchor does not get correct link text. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 16911835.
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1194.21(e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT.
- Images that are decorative are marked so as to be ignored by assistive technology, either by using ALT=”” or CSS background images
- Images are used consistently throughout the product.
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1194.21(f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text. The minimum information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Text is supplied through HTML or injected into the browser DOM; the browser is responsible for exposing all such content in a way that is usable by assistive technology on the platform.
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1194.21(g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Response to Windows High Contrast Mode.
Exceptions: Affecting the Application Express Development Environment: - The development environment uses CSS defined images for several pieces of functionality (for example for navigation icons, some create and view icons, current date highlighting in calendar pages), which are not displayed when running in Windows High Contrast Mode. We do have a 'High Contrast' mode that begins to mitigate some of these issues, however many remain. This issue is tracked with Oracle bugs 14474496, 14321880 and 17869147.
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1194.21(h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product contains no moving, blinking or scrolling information. |
1194.21(i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Information conveyed by color or font styles is available in alternative formats, such as shape and text.
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1194.21(j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Text and images of text in non-disabled controls have a luminosity contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1. Large scale text has a minimum ratio of at least 3:1
Exceptions: Affecting the Application Express Development Environment: - On the 'Packaged Application Details' page, the text displaying the application status information (for statuses 'Installed', 'Coming Soon', 'Locked' or 'Unlocked') does not have sufficient contrast. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 16971481.
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1194.21(k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- No portion of the screen flickers or flashes with a frequency between 2 Hz and 55 Hz.
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1194.21(l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including all directions and cues. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Controls have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL and TITLE.
Exceptions: Affecting Custom Applications: - The compound native form items: shuttles, radio groups and check boxes, emit unnecessary label tags associated with the element that contains the compound elements. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 12683118.
- The native form item List Manager contains an input element to capture new values that has no programmatically determinable name. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 17773859.
Affecting Development Environment, Websheet Runtime and Custom Applications: - In Interactive Report Regions, there is a Filter dialog allowing the user of the report to define filters on their report data. This filter dialog contains 2 form elements that have a duplicate label 'Column'. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 17971146.
- The compound native form items: shuttles, radio groups and check boxes, emit unnecessary label tags associated with the element that contains the compound elements. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 12683118.
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Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet Information and Applications
Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks (e.g., definition, equivalent facilitation, scope of support provided) |
1194.22(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT.
- Images that are decorative are marked up using ALT=”” or CSS background images.
- Data shown in Flash based charts is also available in an alternative textual form (e.g. a data table) when running in Screen Reader Mode.
- Data tables specify SUMMARY.
- Titles for Pages are provided.
Exceptions: Affecting the Application Express Development Environment: - See remarks in 1194.21(d).
- 'Next' and 'Previous' style navigation buttons, used to allow navigation across related components in the development environment sometimes have button text of just '>' and '<'. This is insufficient in clearly describing the purpose of the button. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 16322302.
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1194.22(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | Not Applicable | The product has no multimedia. |
1194.22(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Information conveyed by color or font styles is available in alternative formats, such as shape and text.
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1194.22(d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Style sheets are used only to change the layout and presentation of the screen
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1194.22(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product contains no server side image maps. |
1194.22(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. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product contains no client side image maps. |
1194.22(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Table usage – only data tables, as opposed to layout tables, use table elements of TH and table attributes of SUMMARY, SCOPE and HEADERS.
- Each column of a data table is marked up with TH, and SCOPE=”COL” or uses ID and HEADERS associations
Exceptions: Affecting Custom Applications: - The Single Row View of Interactive Report Regions contains a table with no SUMMARY text, and no header / cell associations. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 15864568.
Affecting Development Environment, Websheet Runtime and Custom Applications: - All native report regions of Application Express currently have no declarative way of defining row headers. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 14198644.
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1194.22(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. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Complex data tables, such as those used by Interactive Report Regions with a 'Control Break' defined where multiple headers are required, use the ID and HEADERS attributes.
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1194.22(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Meaningful title on native components using FRAMEs and IFRAMEs
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1194.22(j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - No portion of the screen flickers or flashes with a frequency between 2 Hz and 55 Hz.
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1194.22(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. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | Text–only pages are not necessary because pages have been coded to meet other applicable standards, to the extent indicated. |
1194.22(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. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Content generated by JavaScript has been coded to meet other applicable standards, to the extent indicated.
Exceptions: Affecting Development Environment, Websheet Runtime and Custom Applications: - The dialogs used in Interactive Report Regions for common interactions such as applying filters, saving reports, adding highlights etc., could be made more user friendly for a screen reader user. Please see the 'Accessing Interactive Reports Using JAWS' section of 'Appendix E, Accessibility in Oracle Application Express' in the Oracle Application Express User Guide for an example of how to interact with one of these dialogs. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 12717028.
- The column headings in Interactive Report Regions used to sort, hide, filter, group or show help about data are not accessible for a screen reader user. This functionality, with the exception of showing help, is available via the interactive report 'Actions' menu. Please see the 'Accessibility in Oracle Application Express' appendix of the Oracle Application Express User Guide for details of how to access the 'Actions menu with keyboard only and JAWS'. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 7655582.
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1194.22(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). | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for: - Links are provided for downloading non-standard applets or plug-ins, such as the 'Flash' plug-in required by the Chart components in Application Express.
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1194.22(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 form, including all directions and cues. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Controls have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL and TITLE.
Exceptions: - Please see the Remarks in 1194.21(l)
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1194.22(o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Structure and hierarchy is marked up with Header elements.
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1194.22(p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Product has been developed to conform to this standard subject to the remarks on the right. | The product was tested for:- Content that automatically updates, or time limits, can be adjusted by the user.
Exceptions: Affecting Development Environment and Websheet Runtime: - The Maximum Session Length and Maximum Session Idle Time time-outs, which are configured by the Application Express instance administrator, cannot be extended by an end-user. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 14616880.
Affecting Development Environment, Websheet Runtime and Custom Applications: - Some Application Express authentication schemes (including authentication into the Application Express development environment itself), are designed to temporarily lock an account after a failed login attempt, for a period of time long enough to deter brute-force attacks. For the end user, this displays as an error notification in a Heading (H2) tag, stating 'Invalid Login Credentials. Please wait x seconds to login again.', where the 'x' will count down until the user is able to re-attempt login. This count down is the timed element, and a screen reader user is not notified when this count down concludes, so must currently keep checking the notification heading to see when it has completed. This issue is tracked with Oracle bug 14463181.
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Note to 1194.22: The Board interprets paragraphs (a) through (k) of this section as consistent with the following priority 1 Checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0) (May 5 1999) published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium: Paragraph (a) - 1.1, (b) - 1.4, (c) - 2.1, (d) - 6.1, (e) - 1.2, (f) - 9.1, (g) - 5.1, (h) - 5.2, (i) - 12.1, (j) - 7.1, (k) - 11.4.
Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products
Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks (e.g., definition, equivalent facilitation, scope of support provided) |
1194.23(a) Telecommunications products or systems which provide a function allowing voice communication and which do not themselves provide a TTY functionality shall provide a standard non-acoustic connection point for TTYs. Microphones shall be capable of being turned on and off to allow the user to intermix speech with TTY use. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(b) Telecommunications products which include voice communication functionality shall support all commonly used cross-manufacturer non-proprietary standard TTY signal protocols. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(c) Voice mail, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response telecommunications systems shall be usable by TTY users with their TTYs. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(d) Voice mail, messaging, auto-attendant, and interactive voice response telecommunications systems that require a response from a user within a time interval, shall give an alert when the time interval is about to run out, and shall provide sufficient time for the user to indicate more time is required. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(e) Where provided, caller identification and similar telecommunications functions shall also be available for users of TTYs, and for users who cannot see displays. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(f) For transmitted voice signals, telecommunications products shall provide a gain adjustable up to a minimum of 20 dB. For incremental volume control, at least one intermediate step of 12 dB of gain shall be provided. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(g) If the telecommunications product allows a user to adjust the receive volume, a function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume to the default level after every use. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(h) Where a telecommunications product delivers output by an audio transducer which is normally held up to the ear, a means for effective magnetic wireless coupling to hearing technologies shall be provided. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(i) Interference to hearing technologies (including hearing aids, cochlear implants, and assistive listening devices) shall be reduced to the lowest possible level that allows a user of hearing technologies to utilize the telecommunications product. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(j) Products that transmit or conduct information or communication, shall pass through cross-manufacturer, non-proprietary, industry-standard codes, translation protocols, formats or other information necessary to provide the information or communication in a usable format. Technologies which use encoding, signal compression, format transformation, or similar techniques shall not remove information needed for access or shall restore it upon delivery. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(k)(1) For products which have mechanically operated controls or keys, controls and keys shall be tactilely discernible without activating the controls or keys. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(k)(2) For products which have mechanically operated controls or keys, controls do not require tight grasping, pinching or twisting of the wrist to operate. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(k)(3) If key repeat is supported, the delay before repeat shall be adjustable to at least 2 seconds. Key repeat rate shall be adjustable to 2 seconds per character. | Not Applicable | |
1194.23(k)(4) The status of all locking or toggle controls or keys shall be visually discernible, and discernible either through touch or sound. | Not Applicable | |
Section 1194.24 Video and Multimedia Products
Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks (e.g., definition, equivalent facilitation, scope of support provided) |
1194.24(a) All analog television displays 13 inches and larger, and computer equipment that includes analog television receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals. As soon as practicable, but not later than July 1, 2002, widescreen digital television (DTV) displays measuring at least 7.8 inches vertically, DTV sets with conventional displays measuring at least 13 inches vertically, and stand-alone DTV tuners, whether or not they are marketed with display screens, and computer equipment that includes DTV receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry which appropriately receives, decodes, and displays closed captions from broadcast, cable, videotape, and DVD signals. | Not Applicable | |
1194.24(b) Television tuners, including tuner cards for use in computers, shall be equipped with secondary audio program playback circuitry. | Not Applicable | |
1194.24(c) All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain speech or other audio information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be open or closed captioned. | Not Applicable | |
1194.24(d) All training and informational video and multimedia productions which support the agency's mission, regardless of format, that contain visual information necessary for the comprehension of the content, shall be audio described. | Not Applicable | |
1194.24(e) Display or presentation of alternate text presentation or audio descriptions shall be user-selectable unless permanent. | Not Applicable | |
Section 1194.25 Self Contained, Closed Products
Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks (e.g., definition, equivalent facilitation, scope of support provided) |
1194.25(a) Self contained products shall be usable by people with disabilities without requiring an end-user to attach assistive technology to the product. Personal headsets for private listening are not assistive technology. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(b) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(c) Where a product utilizes touchscreens or contact-sensitive controls, an input method shall be provided that complies with Section 1194.23 (k) (1) through (4). | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(d) When biometric forms of user identification or control are used, an alternative form of identification or activation, which does not require the user to possess particular biological characteristics, shall also be provided. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(e) When products provide auditory output, the audio signal shall be provided at a standard signal level through an industry standard connector that will allow for private listening. The product must provide the ability to interrupt, pause, and restart the audio at anytime. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(f) When products deliver voice output in a public area, incremental volume control shall be provided with output amplification up to a level of at least 65 dB. Where the ambient noise level of the environment is above 45 dB, a volume gain of at least 20 dB above the ambient level shall be user selectable. A function shall be provided to automatically reset the volume to the default level after every use. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(g) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(h) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a range of color selections capable of producing a variety of contrast levels shall be provided. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(i) Products shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(j)(1) The position of any operable control shall be determined with respect to a vertical plane, which is 48 inches in length, centered on the operable control, and at the maximum protrusion of the product within the 48 inch length on products which are freestanding, non-portable, and intended to be used in one location and which have operable controls. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(j)(2) Where any operable control is 10 inches or less behind the reference plane, the height shall be 54 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(j)(3) Where any operable control is more than 10 inches and not more than 24 inches behind the reference plane, the height shall be 46 inches maximum and 15 inches minimum above the floor. | Not Applicable | |
1194.25(j)(4) Operable controls shall not be more than 24 inches behind the reference plane. | Not Applicable | |
Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria
Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks (e.g., definition, equivalent facilitation, scope of support provided) |
1194.31(a) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user vision shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired shall be provided. | Yes | Subject to the information provided in this document, this product has been developed to conform to the applicable technical provisions of the 508 standards. |
1194.31(b) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print output working together or independently, or support for assistive technology used by people who are visually impaired shall be provided. | Yes | Subject to the information provided in this document, this product has been developed to conform to the applicable technical provisions of the 508 standards. |
1194.31(c) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user hearing shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be provided. | Yes | Subject to the information provided in this document, this product has been developed to conform to the applicable technical provisions of the 508 standards. |
1194.31(d) Where audio information is important for the use of a product, at least one mode of operation and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or support for assistive hearing devices shall be provided. | Yes | Subject to the information provided in this document, this product has been developed to conform to the applicable technical provisions of the 508 standards. |
1194.31(e) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user speech shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people with disabilities shall be provided. | Yes | Subject to the information provided in this document, this product has been developed to conform to the applicable technical provisions of the 508 standards. |
1194.31(f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be provided. | Yes | Subject to the information provided in this document, this product has been developed to conform to the applicable technical provisions of the 508 standards. |