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Date of Current Version: 16 February 2011
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Contents
Usage Notes
Review Results
Screen Reader Test 1. Accessing an Existing Test Document
Screen Reader Test 2. Creating a New Document
Acknowledgments
At the time of testing (February, 2011), Numbers ‘09 was found to be relatively accessible using keyboard navigation. In addition, screen reader testing appeared to show that use is possible with VoiceOver OS X 10.6, with some limitations.
Screen reader testing was performed using VoiceOver OS X 10.6.
Keyboard navigation testing was performed on OS X 10.5.8.
This document is provided for information purposes only and is neither a recommendation nor a guarantee of results.
If errors are found, please report them to: adod-comments@idrc.ocad.ca.
This table summarizes the result of our reviews using the “ADOD Assessment Framework: Success criteria for assessing the accessibility of office application user interfaces”
In this test, the evaluator used a screen reader to explore a pre-existing test document that had been created by a sighted colleague, following the “Authoring Techniques for Accessible Office Documents: iWork Numbers ‘09”. The test document included the elements in the left-hand column (i.e., heading, table of contents, etc.).
Able to Access? |
VoiceOver OS X 10.6 |
Image with “alt” text |
No. VoiceOver did not identify an image. However the alternative text for the image was in the appropriate cell. |
Data table |
Yes. VoiceOver did not announce that the cells with formulas had formulas. Pressing option + enter on a cell with a formula showed the formula in the formula editor. |
Bar chart with “alt” text |
Yes. VoiceOver would not read details of the chart, but it identified it as an object beside the table object that represents the spreadsheet. The alternative text was read. |
Formatted text |
No. The text was available, but the VoiceOver text attributes command (control + option + t) did not appear to work in the table. |
Cell with a note |
No. The text of the cell was available, but VoiceOver did not announce that a note was available. |
Search function |
No. The search dialog was accessible. After performing the search the focus was not moved back to the table, when manually moving back to the table the target cell was not focused. |
In this test, the evaluator used a screen reader to create a new test document which was to include the elements in the left-hand column (i.e., two levels of heading, an image, etc.).
Able to accomplish? |
VoiceOver OS X 10.6 |
Add and then edit regular text (e.g. do a select-cut-paste) |
Yes. To cut and paste an entire cell it was necessary to select the cell, cut, to move to the new location, and to paste. To cut a particular segment of text from a cell it was necessary to move to the cell, to press option + enter to open the formula editor, to select and cut the text, to press escape to return to the spreadsheet, to move to the new cell, and to paste. |
Insert an image |
Yes. Inserted an image using Insert > Choose… VoiceOver didn’t recognize the image on the slide. Testing with JAWS and Excel the image was in the document. |
Insert a 3-by-3 data table and fill it with content |
Yes. |
Create a chart from a data table |
Yes. |
Use text formatting (bold, text colour) |
Yes. It was possible to apply a bold format by highlighting the text and selecting Bold from the toolbar, the color picker appeared to be inaccessible with VoiceOver. |
Save document |
Yes. |
Other Comments by the Screen Reader Tester: |
For the most part Numbers performed as intuitively as a VoiceOver user would expect for an Apple product. The sheet (table) could be navigated with standard VoiceOver table navigation commands, or with the arrow keys alone. Note that using the arrow keys alone did not always appear to work properly, no navigation would occur. Using shift + arrow keys was the only way to select a range of cells. |
This document was produced as part of the Accessible Digital Office Document (ADOD) Project (http://inclusivedesign.ca/accessible-office-documents).
This project has been developed by the Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University as part of an EnAbling Change Partnership project with the Government of Ontario and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
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