Section 508 - Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

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Section 508 - Voluntary Product Accessibility Template

The purpose of the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template, or VPAT, 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 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 sub-parts 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: August 7, 2022

Product Name: MechDesigner 16 (Basic and Professional Edition)

Product Version Number: Version 16

Vendor: PSMotion Ltd.

Contact for more information: Sales at PSMotion dot com

Summary Table for Help & Manual

Criteria

Supporting Features

Remarks and explanations

Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems:

Completed

See Section Detail for 1194.21

Section 1194.22 Web-based internet information and applications:

Completed

See Section Detail for 1194.22.

Section 1194.23 Telecommunications Products:

Not applicable

MechDesigner is not a Telecommunications Product.

Section 1194.24 Video and Multi-media Products:

Not applicable

MechDesigner is not a Video or Multi-media Product

Section 1194.25 Self-Contained,Closed Products:

Not applicable

MechDesigner is not a Self-Contained or Closed Product

Section 1194.26 Desktop and Portable Computers:

Not applicable

MechDesigner is not a Desktop or Portable Computer.

Section 1194.31 Functional Performance Criteria:

Not applicable

MechDesigner does not have a Function Performance Criteria.

Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and Support:

Completed

See Section Detail for 1194.41.

Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating Systems - Detail

Section 1194.22 Web-based Internet information and applications - Detail

Criteria

       Supporting Features

Remarks and explanations

Notes to section 1194.22: this section applies to MechDesigner's HTML based output formats, such as Webhelp and compiled HTML Help.

(a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be provided (e.g., Assembly-Tree, Kinematics-Tree, Geometry-Tree, Selection-Window).

Criteria fully met.

MechDesigner by default creates a text equivalent for every non-text element. This option is user customizable.

(b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation.

Criteria fully met.

All Videos are clearly indicated and synchronized with the Help Topic.

(c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from contextual or markup.

Criteria fully met.

 

d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet.

Criteria fully met.

MechDesigner Help Topics are readable without an associated style sheet.

(e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map.

Not applicable.

 

MechDesigner does not create 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 Met

All icons have Hints, these can be turned on and off.

(g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables

Criteria Met

Cam Coordinate Data And Motion Data have column headers.

(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

 

Not Applicable

 

(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.

 

Not applicable.

 

(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.

Not Applicable

 

(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).

Not Applicable

 

(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.

Not applicable.

 

(o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links.

Criteria fully 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.

 

Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and Support - Detail