Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template is to assist Federal contracting officials in making preliminary assessments regarding the availability of commercial Electronic and Information Technology products and services with features that support accessibility. It is assumed that offerers will provide additional contact information to facilitate more detailed inquiries.
The first table of the Template provides a summary view of the section 508 Standards. The subsequent tables provide more detailed views of each subsection. There are three columns in each table. Column one of the Summary Table describes the subsections of subparts B and C of the Standards. The second column describes the supporting features of the product or refers you to the corresponding detailed table, "e.g., equivalent facilitation." The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product. In the subsequent tables, the first column contains the lettered paragraphs of the subsections. The second column describes the supporting features of the product with regard to that paragraph. The third column contains any additional remarks and explanations regarding the product.
Date: April 25, 2005
Name of Product: Macromedia Breeze Presentation
Contact for more Information: Bob Regan
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
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| Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems | Please refer to the following VPAT for Macromedia Breeze Presentation features that meet these criteria. | Macromedia Breeze Presenter uses a Microsoft PowerPoint plug-in, called Macromedia Breeze Plug-in, to create presentations that run in a browser using the Macromedia Flash Player. Section 1194.21 addresses the Macromedia Breeze Plug-in, as well as the output of Macromedia Breeze Presenter. |
| Section 1194.22 Web-based internet information and applications | Please refer to the following VPAT for Macromedia Breeze Presentation features that meet these criteria. | |
| Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products | These criteria do not apply to Macromedia Breeze Presentation. | |
| Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products | These criteria do not apply to Macromedia Breeze Presentation. | |
| Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products | These criteria do not apply to Macromedia Breeze Presentation. | |
| Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers | These criteria do not apply to Macromedia Breeze Presentation. | |
| Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria | Please refer to the following VPAT for Macromedia Breeze Presentation features that meet these criteria. | |
| Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and Support | Please refer to the following VPAT for Macromedia Breeze Presentation features that meet these criteria. |
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
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| (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. | Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (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. | Criteria not met. (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (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. | Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria partially met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
The Breeze presentation’s focus is provided, but is paler than some users prefer. |
| (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. | Criteria not met. (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria partially met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
Some aspects of Breeze presentations (e.g. the Quiz summary page, some quiz form controls) provide incomplete information to assistive technologies. |
| (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. | Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (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. | Criteria not met. (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes. | Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. | Criteria not applicable to this product (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria met with minor exceptions (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (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. | Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (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. | Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (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. | Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria fully met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
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| (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. | Criteria not met. (Macromedia Breeze Plug-in). Criteria partially met (Macromedia Breeze presentations). |
Some quiz components incorporated into a Breeze Presenter presentation do not provide sufficient information for screen reader users to complete. |
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
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| (a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). | Criteria met with minor exceptions.
Macromedia Breeze presentations are designed to include text equivalents assigned within the PowerPoint presentation. Authors are not able to assign or modify text equivalents when assembling the Macromedia Breeze presentation. |
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| (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | Criteria partially met. Macromedia Breeze presentations may include text equivalents for audio within the notes pane of the presentation. It is not possible to synchronize the audio presentation with the text equivalent. |
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| (c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. | Criteria not applicable to this product. | Macromedia Breeze presentations do not use server side image maps. |
| (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. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. | Criteria not met. | |
| (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. | Criteria not met. | |
| (i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation | Criteria not applicable to this product. | Macromedia Breeze presentations do not use layout frames. |
| (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (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. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (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. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (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). | Criteria fully met. | |
| (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. | Criteria not met. | |
| (o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | Criteria not met. | |
| (p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | Criteria fully met. | |
| 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. | ||
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
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| (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. | Criteria met with minor exceptions: Macromedia Breeze Presentation keyboard shortcuts conflicts with Quick Keys settings for JAWS. With this option disabled, Breeze presentation may be controlled using shortcut keys to pause, play, stop and mute audio as well as move between individual slides. |
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| (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. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (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 | Criteria partially met. Macromedia Breeze presentations may include text equivalents for audio within the notes pane of the presentation. It is not possible to synchronize the audio presentation with the text equivalent. |
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| (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. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (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. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (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. | Criteria fully met. |
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and explanations |
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| (a) Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in alternate formats upon request, at no additional charge. | Criteria fully met. | Help materials for Breeze Presentation are found on the administration page under Useful Links. |
| (b) End-users shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility features of products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge. | Criteria fully met. | |
| (c) Support services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users with disabilities. | Criteria fully met. |
