Chapter 5: Software
Notes:
Criteria | Conformance Level | Remarks and Explanations |
501.1 Scope – Incorporation of WCAG 2.0 AA | SeeWCAG 2.0 section | See information in WCAG section |
502 Interoperability with Assistive Technology | Heading cell – no response required | Heading cell – no response required |
502.2.1 User Control of Accessibility Features | Not Applicable | MathType is not platform software. |
502.2.2 No Disruption of Accessibility Features | Partially supports | MathType 7 doesn't disrupt OS accessibility features, including the keyboard commands to control these options. However, some shortcuts used to enable/disable accessibility features containing special Windows key may be disrupted if MathType 7 is in first plane. |
502.3 Accessibility Services | Heading cell – no response required | Heading cell – no response required |
502.3.1 Object Information | Partially supports | Menus and dialogs are available to assistive technologies. MathType 7 displays text help information in its status bar about program icons and editing area upon mouse-over or keyboard focus. However, these text descriptions aren’t available to assistive technologies. |
502.3.2 Modification of Object Information | Partially supports | Menus and dialogs are available to assistive technologies because they’ve been implemented with standard OS user interface objects. However, toolbars and editing area aren’t available to assistive technologies. |
502.3.3 Row, Column, and Headers | Supports | MathType 7 doesn’t have objects in tables. Tables in MathType 7 are just a result of MathType’s editing feature. |
502.3.4 Values | Supports | Any value and range of values is displayed in command dialog boxes, which are compatible to assistive technologies. |
502.3.5 Modification of Values | Supports | Any value and range of values is displayed in command dialog boxes, which are compatible to assistive technologies and can be modified trough them. |
502.3.6 Label Relationships | Supports | Any object in command dialogs has labels that identify it and its purpose. |
502.3.7 Hierarchical Relationships | Supports | MathType 7 allows users to understand how to navigate through and interact with the user interface controls and its child components. For example, in command dialogs containing folder views, assistive technologies announce the number of items under every folder, so users can then use the arrow keys to move through the items under the parent folder and discover the folder's contents. |
502.3.8 Text | Partially supports | MathType 7 menus and commands are compatible with screen readers. However, MathType 7 editing area is not compatible with screen readers. |
502.3.9 Modification of Text | Partially supports | MathType 7 menus and commands are compatible with screen readers. However, MathType 7 toolbars and editing area are not compatible with screen readers. |
502.3.10 List of Actions | Does not support | The list of executable actions offered by drop down list or similar user object components aren’t exposed to assistive technology. However, users can operate them with common keyboard actions or context menu. For example,a drop-down list is opened when the user presses Down Arrow. |
502.3.11 Actions on Objects | Supports | MathType is fully operable through keyboard. |
502.3.12 Focus Cursor | Does not support | MathType 7 toolbars and editing area are not exposed to assistive technologies. |
502.3.13 Modification of Focus Cursor | Does not support | MathType 7 toolbars and editing area are not exposed to assistive technologies. |
502.3.14 Event Notification | Supports | All events in MathType 7 are triggered by the user. No need to notify them. |
502.4 Platform Accessibility Features | Not applicable | MathType 7 isn’t platform software. |
503 Applications | Heading cell – no response required | Heading cell – no response required |
503.2 User Preferences | Supports | MathType menus and toolbars inherit OS accessibility custom features related to screen size, and color. Additionally, different sizes for toolbars can be chosen. MathType 7 editing area has its own workspace configuration command, which allows the user customize background color, and several zoom levels for toolbars and editing area. |
503.3 Alternative User Interfaces | Supports | MathType doesn’t offer any alternative user interface. |
503.4 User Controls for Captions and Audio Description | Heading cell – no response required | Heading cell – no response required |
503.4.1 Caption Controls | Not applicable | MathType doesn’t have any control for volume adjustment. |
503.4.2 Audio Description Controls | Not applicable | MathType doesn’t have any controls related to audio descriptions. |
504 Authoring Tools | Heading cell – no response required | Heading cell – no response required |
504.2 Content Creation or Editing (if not authoring tool, enter “not applicable”) | SeeWCAG 2.0 section | See information in WCAG section |
504.2.1 Preservation of Information Provided for Accessibility in Format Conversion | Partially supports | Images: Equation images do not contain accessible information. The author creating other contents is responsible for adding this info to the images when including them in a document. Web pages: Equation images in web pages do not contain accessible information. However, MathPlayer (free plugin) provides accessibility for blindness, low vision, or learning disabilities. |
504.2.2 PDF Export | Does not support | PDF equation images do not contain accessibility information. |
504.3 Prompts | Does not support | MathType 7 does not prompt authors to add alternative text to equation images. |
504.4 Templates | Supports | MathType 7 does not provide templatesallowing content creation. |