ACR Editor Accessibility Conformance Report

Based on VPAT® 2.4 WCAG 2.1 and Revised Section 508 Edition

Name of Product/Version Anchor link

ACR Editor 1.0

Report Dates and Version Anchor link

Product Description Anchor link

This web editor helps evaluators build Accessibility Conformance Reports in the OpenACR format (opens in a new window or tab). It is designed to help accessibility subject matter experts create machine-readable OpenACR documents. Authors will be guided in creating an accessible report for the digital product or service that they are documenting. Conformance for each requirement can be documented as required to generate a Section 508 report.

Contact Information Anchor link

Author Information Anchor link

Vendor Information Anchor link

Evaluation Methods Used Anchor link

ACR Editor is tested using Trusted Tester and User testing with assistive technology against Section 508 standards.

Applicable Standards/Guidelines Anchor link

This report covers the degree of conformance for the following accessibility standard/guidelines:
Standard/Guideline Included In Report
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (opens in a new window or tab)
  • Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A
  • Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA
  • Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA
Revised Section 508 standards published January 18, 2017 and corrected January 22, 2018 (opens in a new window or tab)
  • Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC)
  • Chapter 4: Hardware
  • Chapter 5: Software
  • Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services

Terms Anchor link

The terms used in the Conformance Level information are defined as follows:

WCAG 2.1 Report Anchor link

Table 1: Success Criteria, Level A Anchor link

Notes:

None

Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content (opens in a new window or tab)
  • Web:

    Supports

  • Electronic Documents:

    Not Applicable

  • Software:

    Not Applicable

  • Authoring Tool:

    Not Applicable
    1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Not Applicable

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The website does not contain prerecorded audio-only or video-only materials.

    1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Not Applicable

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The website does not contain prerecorded synchronized media.

    1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Not Applicable

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The website does not contain prerecorded video content that requires audio description or media alternative.

    1.3.1 Info and Relationships (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Supports

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      Information, structure, and relations conveyed on the website are programmatically determined or available in text.

    1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Supports

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The website content is presented in a meaningful and programmatically determined sequence.

    1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Supports

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      Instructions provided for understanding and operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics.

    1.4.1 Use of Color (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Supports

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The website does not use color as the only visual means of conveying information. When color is used to convey information, it is accompanied by a text or icon cue.

    1.4.2 Audio Control (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Not Applicable

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The website does not contain audio that plays automatically.

    2.1.1 Keyboard (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Supports

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The functionality of website content is operable through a keyboard interface.

    2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Supports

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
    • Web:

      The website does not include keyboard traps.

    2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts (opens in a new window or tab)
    • Web:

      Not Applicable

    • Electronic Documents:

      Not Applicable

    • Software:

      Not Applicable

    • Authoring Tool:

      Not Applicable
      2.2.1 Pause, Stop, Hide (opens in a new window or tab)
      • Web:

        Not Applicable

      • Electronic Documents:

        Not Applicable

      • Software:

        Not Applicable

      • Authoring Tool:

        Not Applicable
      • Web:

        The website does not include moving, blinking, scrolling, or auto-updating information

      2.2.2 Timing Adjustable (opens in a new window or tab)
      • Web:

        Not Applicable

      • Electronic Documents:

        Not Applicable

      • Software:

        Not Applicable

      • Authoring Tool:

        Not Applicable
      • Web:

        The website does not include elements that move, blink, scroll, or auto-update.

      2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold (opens in a new window or tab)
      • Web:

        Not Applicable

      • Electronic Documents:

        Not Applicable

      • Software:

        Not Applicable

      • Authoring Tool:

        Not Applicable
      • Web:

        The website does not contain flashing content.

      2.4.1 Bypass Blocks (opens in a new window or tab)
      • Web:

        Supports

      • Electronic Documents:

        Not Applicable

      • Software:

        Not Applicable

      • Authoring Tool:

        Not Applicable
      • Web:

        The website has a “Skip to main content” link, providing a mechanism to jump to the first element of the main content.

      2.4.2 Page Titled (opens in a new window or tab)
      • Web:

        Supports

      • Electronic Documents:

        Not Applicable

      • Software:

        Not Applicable

      • Authoring Tool:

        Not Applicable
      • Web:

        The webpages have titles that describe the topic or purpose.

      2.4.3 Focus Order (opens in a new window or tab)
      • Web:

        Supports

      • Electronic Documents:

        Not Applicable

      • Software:

        Not Applicable

      • Authoring Tool:

        Not Applicable
      • Web:

        The website components receive focus in a meaningful order.

      2.5.1 Pointer Gestures (opens in a new window or tab)
      • Web:

        Not Applicable

      • Electronic Documents:

        Not Applicable

      • Software:

        Not Applicable

      • Authoring Tool:

        Not Applicable
        2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation (opens in a new window or tab)
        • Web:

          Not Applicable

        • Electronic Documents:

          Not Applicable

        • Software:

          Not Applicable

        • Authoring Tool:

          Not Applicable
          2.5.3 Label in Name (opens in a new window or tab)
          • Web:

            Supports

          • Electronic Documents:

            Not Applicable

          • Software:

            Not Applicable

          • Authoring Tool:

            Not Applicable
            2.5.4 Motion Actuation (opens in a new window or tab)
            • Web:

              Not Applicable

            • Electronic Documents:

              Not Applicable

            • Software:

              Not Applicable

            • Authoring Tool:

              Not Applicable
              3.1.1 Language of Page (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The language of each webpage can be programmatically determined by the HTML lang attribute.

              3.2.1 On Focus (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The website components do not initiate a change of context when receiving focus.

              3.2.2 On Input (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The website components do not automatically cause a change of context on user input

              3.3.1 Error Identification (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                When an input error is automatically detected, the error is identified and described in the text with multiple cues.

              3.3.2 Labels or Instructions (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The website input fields are provided with a label or an instruction.

              4.1.1 Parsing (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The website uses semantically correct markup for interface elements.

              4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The website components have name, role, and value that can be programmatically determined.

              Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA Anchor link

              Notes:

              None

              Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations
              1.2.4 Captions (Live) (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Not Applicable

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The website does not contain synchronized media.

              1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded) (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Not Applicable

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
              • Web:

                The website does not contain a prerecorded video that would require an audio description.

              1.3.4 Orientation (opens in a new window or tab)
              • Web:

                Supports

              • Electronic Documents:

                Not Applicable

              • Software:

                Not Applicable

              • Authoring Tool:

                Not Applicable
                1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose (opens in a new window or tab)
                • Web:

                  Supports

                • Electronic Documents:

                  Not Applicable

                • Software:

                  Not Applicable

                • Authoring Tool:

                  Not Applicable
                  1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (opens in a new window or tab)
                  • Web:

                    Supports

                  • Electronic Documents:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Software:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Authoring Tool:

                    Not Applicable
                  • Web:

                    The website visual presentation of text has a contrast ratio of at least 4:5:1.

                  1.4.4 Resize text (opens in a new window or tab)
                  • Web:

                    Supports

                  • Electronic Documents:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Software:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Authoring Tool:

                    Not Applicable
                  • Web:

                    The website text can be resized without assistive technology up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality.

                  1.4.5 Images of Text (opens in a new window or tab)
                  • Web:

                    Supports

                  • Electronic Documents:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Software:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Authoring Tool:

                    Not Applicable
                  • Web:

                    The website uses text rather than images of text to convey information.

                  1.4.10 Reflow (opens in a new window or tab)
                  • Web:

                    Supports

                  • Electronic Documents:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Software:

                    Not Applicable

                  • Authoring Tool:

                    Not Applicable
                    1.4.11 Non-text Contrast (opens in a new window or tab)
                    • Web:

                      Not Applicable

                    • Electronic Documents:

                      Not Applicable

                    • Software:

                      Not Applicable

                    • Authoring Tool:

                      Not Applicable
                      1.4.12 Text Spacing (opens in a new window or tab)
                      • Web:

                        Supports

                      • Electronic Documents:

                        Not Applicable

                      • Software:

                        Not Applicable

                      • Authoring Tool:

                        Not Applicable
                        1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus (opens in a new window or tab)
                        • Web:

                          Supports

                        • Electronic Documents:

                          Not Applicable

                        • Software:

                          Not Applicable

                        • Authoring Tool:

                          Not Applicable
                          2.4.5 Multiple Ways (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Supports

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable
                          • Web:

                            The website is primarily experienced in a sequential manner where the webpage is the result of, or a step in, a process. A navigation bar allows for moving between steps.

                          2.4.6 Headings and Labels (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Supports

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable
                          • Web:

                            All headings and labels describe the topic or purpose.

                          2.4.7 Focus Visible (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Supports

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable
                          • Web:

                            Focusable elements on the website have a visible keyboard focus indicator.

                          3.1.2 Language of Parts (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Supports

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable
                          • Web:

                            The language of each content section is programmatically determined.

                          3.2.3 Consistent Navigation (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Supports

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable
                          • Web:

                            The website provides consistent and repeatable navigation orders.

                          3.2.4 Consistent Identification (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Supports

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable
                          • Web:

                            Components and elements that have the same functionality within the website are identified consistently.

                          3.3.3 Error Suggestion (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable
                          • Web:

                            Error messages are not used, as content is not required to be completed in order to proceed.

                          4.1.3 Status Messages (opens in a new window or tab)
                          • Web:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Electronic Documents:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Software:

                            Not Applicable

                          • Authoring Tool:

                            Not Applicable

                            Table 3: Success Criteria, Level AAA Anchor link

                            Revised Section 508 Report Anchor link

                            Chapter 3: Functional Performance Criteria (FPC) Anchor link

                            Notes:

                            None

                            Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations
                            302.1 Without Vision (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • Users without vision are able to navigate and interact using assistive technology such as screen readers.

                            302.2 With Limited Vision (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • Users with limited vision can interact and navigate using assistive technology such as zoom.

                            302.3 Without Perception of Color (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • Color is not used to as a singular method to convey information.

                            302.4 Without Hearing (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • No sound is utilized at any point in the use of the ACR Editor tool/website

                            302.5 With Limited Hearing (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • No sound is utilized at any point in the use of the ACR Editor tool/website

                            302.6 Without Speech (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • The website does not require any speech to be used for input, control, or operation.

                            302.7 With Limited Manipulation (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • There are multiple methods for filling out the ACR Editor Tool, allowing for users with limited manipulation to leverage any number of methods to complete their task.

                            302.8 With Limited Reach and Strength (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Supports

                            • There are multiple methods for filling out the ACR Editor Tool, allowing for users with limited reach and strength to leverage any number of methods to complete their task.

                            302.9 With Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities (opens in a new window or tab)

                            • Does Not Support

                            • ACR Editor uses plain language when possible but users with cognitive disabilities or limited language may find the more technical requirements of this tool to be difficult to understand and evaluate.

                              Exception: Users with cognitive disabilities or difficulties may encounter a barrier at these steps, which could prevent or impair them from continuing with identity authentication Create a password while meeting its length and strength requirements Select a multi-factor authentication (MFA) while making an informed decision on the level of security and usability

                            Chapter 4: Hardware Anchor link

                            Notes:

                            ACR Editor does not include any hardware

                            Chapter 5: Software Anchor link

                            Notes:

                            ACR Editor does not contain platform software that has access to platform accessibility services. For this reason, the chapter has been omitted.

                            Chapter 6: Support Documentation and Services Anchor link

                            Notes:

                            Support documentation, such as links offsite to the W3C definition and explanation, are not owned or operated by the same entity.

                            Repository Anchor link

                            https://www.section508.gov/acr-library/[filename] (opens in a new window or tab)

                            Feedback Anchor link

                            https://github.com/GSA/openacr-editor/issues (opens in a new window or tab)