Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)

 

 

AM Accessibility Conformance Report

 

WCAG Edition

(Based on VPAT® Version 2.4)

 

Name of Product/Version: AM products in Quartex platform

 

Report Date: 17/03/2020

Product Description: This report is intended for all AM products across the Quartex platform. The list of all these products are given below:

 

Contact information: support@amdigital.co.uk

 

Notes: This audit report is formulated on the basis of both section 508 standards and WCAG 2.1 guidelines.


In addition, please note that most of our products include various “special features” that are third part content. Any third party content in our site have been omitted from this audit, list of all third party content along with it’s accessibility status across our products is provided in the appendix section of this report.


Evaluation Methods Used: Testing each product was based on general product knowledge. Various assistive technologies and tools have been used during the audit. Few of these include, NVDA screen reader, Chrome developer tools, W3C HTML Validator, ARC toolkit, Site Improve etc.

 

Applicable Standards/Guidelines

 

This report covers the degree of conformance for the following accessibility standard/guidelines:

 

Standard/Guideline Included in Report

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0

Level A (Yes / No )

Level AA (Yes / No )

Level AAA (Yes / No )

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1

Level A (Yes / No )

Level AA (Yes / No )

Level AAA (Yes / No )

Revised Section 508 standards published January 18, 2017 and corrected January 22, 2018

(Yes)

 

Terms

 

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

 

  • Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
  • Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
  • Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
  • Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
  • Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion. This can be used only in WCAG 2.0 Level AAA.

 

WCAG 2.1 Report

 

Tables 1 and 2 also document conformance with Revised Section 508:

 

  • Chapter 5 – 501.1 Scope, 504.2 Content Creation or Editing
  • Chapter 6 – 602.3 Electronic Support Documentation

 

Note: When reporting on conformance with the WCAG 2.1 Success Criteria, they are scoped for full pages, complete processes, and accessibility-supported ways of using technology as documented in the WCAG 2.1 Conformance Requirements.

 

 

Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A

 

Notes:

Criteria

Conformance Level

Remarks and Explanations

1.1.1 Non-text Content (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Partially Supports

Majority of the site confirms to this criterion however for the few areas this is not being met, development is currently taking place to identify and resolve these issues.

 

Explanation:

Collections affected - Mass Observation project, Perdita manuscripts, Literary manuscript Berg and Leeds.

 

The search categories content block need further accessibility review and development. This feature is used across all of the AM Quartex collections. In addition, Exhibitions also need further accessibility review which is used in Mass Observations project.

1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

AV content in these collections include video essays and film. This AV content has sufficient transcripts that can be used alongside the content.

1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

AV content in these collections include video essays and film. This AV content has captions.

1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

AV content includes video essays and film. This AV content has sufficient transcripts and captions.

1.3.1 Info and Relationships (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

  

1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics  (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

1.4.1 Use of Color (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

The site is not dependent on colour alone.  When conducting a search within a document, the actual hits in the image or text are highlighted in yellow however users are linked to relevant page with search hits as well as snippets of image results.

1.4.2 Audio Control (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Not Applicable

 

2.1.1 Keyboard (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

All content across the collections can be navigated through via keyboard alone.

2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (Level A 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

Character Key Shortcuts available for the image viewer in the document details page conforms to this criteria.

2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

For content that is presented for a limited time, a mechanism to adjust time exists.

2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

For content that is moving, a mechanism to pause, stop or adjust time exists.

2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Not Applicable

 

2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

A way to bypass repeated elements on a webpage has been implemented via the “Skip to Main” element.

2.4.2 Page Titled (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.4.3 Focus Order (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (Level A 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (Level A 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)

·       602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.5.3 Label in Name (Level A 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Partially Supports

Majority of the site conforms to this criterion, however, for the few areas where this is not the case, development is currently taking place to identify and resolve these issues.

Explanation: This criteria fails for the search categories content block.

2.5.4 Motion Actuation (Level A 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Not Applicable

 

3.1.1 Language of Page (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

3.2.1 On Focus (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

3.2.2 On Input (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

3.3.1 Error Identification (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

4.1.1 Parsing (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Partially Supports

Majority of the site conforms to this criterion, however, for the few areas where this is not the case, development is currently taking place to identify and resolve these issues.

Explanation: Further review of HTML5 compliance needs to be completed to be fully complaint to this criteria.

4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Partially Supports

Majority of the site confirms to this criterion however for the few areas this is not the case, development is currently taking place to identify and resolve these issues.

 

Explanation: Further review of HTML5 compliance needs to be completed to be fully complaint to this criteria.

 

 

 

Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA

 

Notes:

Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations

1.2.4 Captions (Live) (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Not Applicable

  

1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

Audio descriptions are available for all help site video tutorials within it’s transcript. Mass Observation project contains only video essays with talking heads hence it’s transcripts do not need any further descriptions. Finally, all other collections do not currently have any AV content.  

1.3.4 Orientation (Level AA 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (Level AA 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Partially Supports

For users in need of a higher contrast have the ability to switch to high contrast mode via the high contrast toggle. However few areas across the site exists where adequate contrast is still not being met. These areas are being identified and resolved currently.

1.4.4 Resize text (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

1.4.5 Images of Text (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

1.4.10 Reflow (Level AA 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (Level AA 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Partially Supports

Users in need of a higher contrast have the ability to switch to high contrast mode via the high contrast toggle. However, a few areas across the site exist where adequate contrast is still not being met. These areas are being identified and resolved currently.

1.4.12 Text Spacing (Level AA 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

 Supports

 

1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (Level AA 2.1 only)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

 Supports

 

2.4.5 Multiple Ways (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.4.6 Headings and Labels (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

2.4.7 Focus Visible (Level AA)

Also applies to Revised Section 508

  • 501 (Web)(Software)
  • 504/2 (Authoring Tool)
  • 602.3 (Support Docs)

Supports

 

3.1.2 Language of Parts (Level AA)

Supports

 

3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (Level AA)

Supports

 

3.2.4 Consistent Identification (Level AA)

Supports

 

3.3.3 Error Suggestion (Level AA)

Supports

 

3.3.4 Error Prevention (Legal, Financial, Data) (Level AA)

Not Applicable

 

4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA 2.1 only)

Partially Supports

Status messages are present in some areas across the collection in the form of ToastR messages. A more detailed review of all relevant areas is considered as future development.

 

To Note: Any third party content in our site have been omitted from this audit, third party content for Mass Observation Project can be found here: http://resources.amdigital.co.uk/mop/chronology/

 

Appendix

Table below gives the list of “special features” within AM products. These features are third party content and have been omitted from the audit. Each of the features accessibility status is also given – this section will indicate if the feature is accessible and if not, if there are any work arounds i.e ability to download data.

The interactive map is delivered by Humap. The Humap platform aims to conform to WCAG AA, and where features only Partially Support the criteria, development is ongoing. For more information on accessibility in the Humap platform, explore the VPAT: Humap Platform

Collection Name Collection URL Feature Available Accessibility Status

Mass Observation Project

 http://resources.amdigital.co.uk/mop/chronology/ Chronology Partially Accessible
Literary Manuscripts Berg http://resources.amdigital.co.uk/lmb/time/ Chronology Partially Accessible
Life at Sea https://www.lifeatsea.amdigital.co.uk/map Interactive Map Partially Accessible
Africa and the New Imperialism https://www.africaandthenewimperialism.amdigital.co.uk/map Interactive Map Partially Accessible


Legal Disclaimer (AM)

 

The information herein is provided in good faith based on AM's audit at the time of the review and does not represent a legally-binding claim, and no warranties or guarantees are implied. Please contact us to report any accessibility errors or conformance claim errors for re-evaluation.