Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

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. It is assumed and recommended 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: 03/30/11

Version: 1

Criteria	Supporting Features	Remarks and explanations
Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems	These criteria do not apply to Wixie.
Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet Information and Applications	Please refer to the following VPAT for Wixie features that meet these criteria.	The criteria of this section apply to Wixie.
Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products	These criteria do not apply to Wixie.
Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products	These criteria do not apply to Wixie.
Section 1194.25 Self-Contained, Closed Products	These criteria do not apply to Wixie.
Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers	These criteria do not apply to Wixie.
Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria	Please refer to the following VPAT for Wixie features that meet these criteria.	The criteria of this section apply to Wixie.
Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation and Support	Please refer to the following VPAT for Wixie features that meet these criteria.	The criteria of this section apply to Wixie.

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).	Criteria fully met.
(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.	Criteria not fully met.	Multimedia content on the site can be designed by end-users. Tech4Learnin has no control over the accessibility of the content created by end-users.
(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 fully met.
(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 fully 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 fully met.
(i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation.	Criteria fully met.
(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 these standards, 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 not 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 fully met.
(o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.	Criteria fully met.

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.	Criteria not fully met.	Painting requires some vision.
(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 fully met.
(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
(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 documentation in Wixie is available in three general locations. First, help documentation can be found in the printed documentation that accompanies Wixie. Second, help documentation is available in HTML format under the Help menu item Wixie Help in Wixie. Third, help documentation is available at the Tech4Learning web site, in the Wixie product section under the Training Materials link.
(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.