In today's world of complex technologies and demanding lifestyles, are your users able to access the information they need?
KLAS® can help you get there.
To effectively use a system, users need to know:
KLAS' base design is content driven, GUI based software that works across a WAN. The companion WebOPAC works in any browser while remaining accessible.
KLAS helps to make sure ALL users can find their way.
Keystone programmers designed KLAS to be easily useable by staff and patrons. Keystone's years of work in accessibility have led to a design that complies with the Access Board's purchasing guidelines as defined in Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
From http://www.section508.gov:Specifically, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act states:In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. Inaccessible technology interferes with an individual's ability to obtain and use information quickly and easily.
Section 508 was enacted to eliminate barriers in information technology, to make available new opportunities for people with disabilities, and to encourage development of technologies that will help achieve these goals.
The law applies to all Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Under Section 508 (29 U.S.C. ' 794d), agencies must give disabled employees and members of the public access to information that is comparable to the access available to others.
When developing, procuring, maintaining, or using electronic and information technology, each Federal department or agency, including the United States Postal Service, shall ensure … that the electronic and information technology allows, regardless of the type of medium of the technology -
(i) individuals with disabilities who are Federal employees to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access to and use of the information and data by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities ; and
(ii) individuals with disabilities who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal department or agency to have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access to and use of the information and data by such members of the public who are not individuals with disabilities.
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. | KLAS complies. Menu options, Shortcut Keys, Logical Tab Order, Smart Tab | All Functions that are activated by buttons on the toolbar are also available via pull down menus that can be easily operated via the keyboard. Most of these functions also have associated shortcut keys or control sequences so that frequently used functions can be quickly activated via the keyboard.The Tab order on all screens is reviewed to ensure that navigation progresses in a logical manner. All buttons in dialogue boxes are part of the tab order. Also a feature called Smart Tab allows users to set points of frequent interest on the screen, users can jump to these points using the Smart Tab key. |
| (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. | KLAS complies. | Careful selection of shortcut keys to make use of standards. |
| (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. | KLAS complies.Use of windows cursor and highlight. | KLAS uses the windows standard cursor and highlight for all controls except for the Browse View (grid/table).The Browse view had and additional set of messages published to allow AT uses access to the data cell by cell as well as row by row. |
| (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. | KLAS complies.Field Labels,Tool Tips,Alt text. | Elements on KLAS screens are labeled when focus is applied to them. |
| (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. | KLAS complies. | Use Alt text and/ or tool tips for all images. |
| (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. | ||
| (g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other individual display attributes. | KLAS complies | Coloring of objects is based upon the Windows display settings. |
| (h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated presentation mode at the option of the user. | N/A | KLAS does not use animations. |
| (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. | KLAS complies. | Color Coding is used as a supplemental effect only. The primary effect is to place text or change the text attribute. |
| (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. | N/A | |
| (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. | N/A | The only blinking object is the cursor which is inherited from the windows settings.KLAS does not use flashy and/or blinking texts or graphics. |
| (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. | KLAS complies. |
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). | KLAS WebOPAC complies. | Uses Alt and Title tags. |
| (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation shall be synchronized with the presentation. | N/A | Does not use multimedia. |
| (c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | N/A | Aesthetics |
| (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without requiring an associated style sheet. | N/A | Stylesheet degrades gracefully.Menu is placed at the bottom of the page. Headings are respected. |
| (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active region of a server-side image map. | N/A | Does not use 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. | N/A | Does not use image maps. |
| (g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data tables. | N/A | |
| (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. | N/A | Does not use complex tables. |
| (i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame identification and navigation | N/A | Does not use frames. |
| (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. | N/A | |
| (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. | N/A | |
| (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. | N/A | Scripting is used only in the book basket to validate the number of books. |
| (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). | N/A | |
| (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. . | KLAS WebOPAC complies. | We use forms for entering in search criteria. We label fields and provide tool tips. Information is accessible via AT. We have a large user base that has successfully used WebOPAC with a number of screen reader and magnification products. |
| (o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip repetitive navigation links. | KLAS WebOPAC complies. | The DOM directs the user main content section of the pages. KLAS WebOPAC also makes use of Access keys. |
| (p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required. | N/A |
