Software and Applications Checklist
Keyboard
- Does the application provide聽聽instructions for use of all keyboard functions as part of the user documentation?
- Does the software provide聽聽for all mouse actions, including buttons, scroll windows, text entry fields, and pop-up windows?
- Does the software have a聽聽among fields, text boxes, and focal points?
- Can you use聽聽through a list followed by pressing the ENTER key or space bar to select the desired item?
- 础谤别听聽provided for all pull-down menus?
Interactive Elements
- If timed responses are present, does the software allow the user to聽modify the length of required timed responses?
- Does the software application聽聽that the user has defined for accessibility?
- Does every window, object, and control have a聽听辫辞蝉颈迟颈辞苍别诲听?
- Does the software application use聽聽rather than owner-drawn or custom controls?
Screen Elements
- Is the聽聽throughout the application?
- 础谤别听聽in the menu, tool, and format bars?
- Does the software ensure that聽color-coding is never used as the only means聽of conveying information or indicating an action?
- Does the application support聽听蝉测蝉迟别尘-飞颈诲别?
- Is all visible and nonvisible text聽?
Multimedia
- If there are audio alerts, are聽聽also provided?
- Can the user聽?
- If information is provided in an audio format, is it also capable of being displayed by the user in a聽?
- Is the software application聽聽used behind text or important graphics?
- Can a user override聽聽for printing and text displays?
- Can a user adjust or disable聽?
Technical Support
- Are all manuals and documentation provided in an聽accessible electronic format聽including text descriptions of any charts, graphs, pictures, or graphics of any nature?
- 滨蝉听聽that will enable them to become familiar with the software and learn how to use it in conjunction with assistive technology provided as an accommodation?
Accessibility Check
- Does the software support existing聽聽(e.g., sticky keys, slow keys, repeat keys, Voice Over)?
- Have you聽聽(including, at a minimum, a screen reader, and, if possible, alternate input devices, screen enlargement software, and voice recognition software and devices)? Describe the accessibility successes and problems you encountered during these testing exercises, as well as your plans for addressing any problems.
- Have you聽evaluated similar software alternatives聽that might have better accessibility features?