Voluntary Product Accessibility Template® (VPAT®)
The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template®,
or VPAT®, is to assist Federal contracting officials and
other buyers in making preliminary assessments regarding
the availability of commercial "Electronic and Information
Technology" products and services with features that
support accessibility.
In the following table, 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: July 1st, 2008
Name of Product: Intellitactics ClientVue
and Intellitactics EnterpriseVue
Contact for more Information: Paul Carman, 703.480.6790, pcarman@intellitactics.com
Summary Table
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Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information
and applications – Detail
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| Criteria |
Supporting Features |
Remarks and explanations |
| (a) A text equivalent for every non-text
element shall be provided (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc",
or in element content). |
Supports |
This includes all menu and button
navigation elements as well as all data displays |
| (b) Equivalent alternatives
for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized
with the presentation. |
Not applicable |
The product includes no
audio/video or time-synchronized content |
| (c) Web pages shall be designed so that
all information conveyed with color is also available
without color, for example from context or markup. |
Supports |
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| (d) Documents shall be organized
so they are readable without requiring an associated
style sheet. |
Supports |
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| (e) Redundant text links shall be provided
for each active region of a server-side image map. |
Not applicable |
The product includes no 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. |
Not applicable |
The product includes no client-side
image maps |
| (g) Row and column headers shall be identified
for data tables. |
Supports |
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| (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. |
Supports |
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| (i) Frames shall be titled with text that
facilitates frame identification and navigation |
Supports |
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| (j) Pages shall be designed
to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency
greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. |
Supports |
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| (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. |
Supports |
This method is utilizes for charts |
| (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. |
Supports |
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| (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). |
Supports |
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| (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. |
Supports |
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| (o) A method shall be provided that permits
users to skip repetitive navigation links. |
Supports |
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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 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria
– Detail
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| Criteria |
Supporting Features |
Remarks and explanations |
| (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. |
Supports |
The product supports reading by Assistive
Technologies |
| (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. |
Supports |
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| (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 |
Not applicable |
The product has no audio content |
| (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. |
Not applicable |
The product has no audio content |
| (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. |
Not applicable |
The product is browser based |
| (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. |
Supports |
The product is browser based |
Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation
and Support – Detail
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| Criteria |
Supporting Features |
Remarks and explanations |
| (a) Product support documentation provided
to end-users shall be made available in alternate formats
upon request, at no additional charge |
Supports |
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| (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. |
Supports |
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| (c) Support services for products shall
accommodate the communication needs of end-users with
disabilities. |
Supports |
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