ccmMercury and CCM Account Manager – Section 508 Compliance

Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

Version 1.1 8/3/2001 (See version edits.)

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.

Date: 28 August 2001
Name of Company: WorkDynamics Technologies
Name of Product: ccmMercury
CCM Account Manager
Contact for more Information: Grant Bifolchi; (703) 481-9874

 

Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems –
Detail Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
Criteria Supporting Features Remarks and Explanations
(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. Textual menus, tips and messages are integral to the products.  
(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. Tested with the Microsoft Accessibility Options (available with WIN95/98/2000/NT) and MS-Magnifier (available with WIN98/2000). Also tested with Bigshot Screen Magnifier and Jaws Magic Magnifier 8 products. MS-Magnifier enlarges up to half the available screen only, Bigshot enlarges the full screen as does Jaws Magic Magnifier 8. There were no problems encountered using them with our product.

The MS Accessibility Options for Keyboard, Sound, Display, Mouse and General setup were mostly problem free. However, the use of the White on Black Display option did black out the normal textual display of our product.

Voice recognition and text to speech products will be procured and certification with our products will follow shortly.
(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. Mouse cursor displayed (arrowhead, I-bar and hourglass). Accessible fields highlight on click. Focus is tracked using assistive technology tested. See (b) above.  
(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. Textual field labels, notes and tips, data and date values are displayed in conjunction with associated color-coded status indicative icons. The products do not use sound effects for user interface elements.
(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. Bitmap icons are consistent in their display and usage throughout the products.  
(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. Text is displayed using standard operating system functions.  
(g) Applications shall not override user-selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes. User selected colors and contrasts are not overridden by these products.  
(h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. These products do not use animation.  
(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. See (d) above.  
(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. Colors and display are fully customizable by the user.  
(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. These products do not use flashing or blinking elements.  
(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. Predefined electronic forms are not used by these products.