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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you, Steve, for your feedback. The very things you have cited is what raised the red flags for me and great concerns.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I appreciate your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none"> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Green<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 21, 2023 1:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list@u.washington.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] TestOut?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I would raise a big red flag. The VPAT provides explanations for each of the WCAG non-conformances and this shows that there will be
accessibility barriers for people with several (perhaps most) different types of disability. Issues include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are numerous instances of headings, tables, and form controls that are not marked up correctly to be read accurately by screen reader software.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are numerous instances of functionality that is inoperable through a keyboard interface.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are numerous keyboard traps.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Alert messages do not remain visible long enough for users with reading and cognitive disabilities. (This can also affect people who use screen magnification, although the
VPAT does not mention this)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are numerous instances of user controls such as buttons, expandable content regions, and tooltips that lack sufficient accessible markup.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are a number of color contrast issues that potentially impact the user experience.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There are instances of graphical objects and user controls that do not meet minimum color contrast requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">When the page is resized to 200%, text can be lost or obscured making it difficult to impossible for some users to use the page.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This is only a small sample of the non-conformances, yet the issues affect people with blindness, low vision, colour perception impairment,
cognitive disabilities and people who use keyboard navigation or voice recognition software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I also do not understand how the website can support 1.4.10 Reflow (which requires the ability to zoom to 400%) when it does not support
1.4.4 Resize Text (which only requires the ability to zoom to 200%).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Steve Green<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Test Partners Ltd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none"> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>normajean.brand<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 21, 2023 5:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ATHEN <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] TestOut?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Hello All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">For those of you who evaluate VPATs for your institution, do you have any experience or knowledge of TestOut? CompTIA partnered/purchased TestOut LabSim</span>
<span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">
not that long ago. I received TestOut’s most recent <a href="https://support.testout.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/14020512570779">
VPAT</a> (March 2023) and I’m noting approximately 20 criteria that they themselves acknowledge their platform only partially supports. Am I wrong to raise red flags or minimally yellow flags on this platform?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">Many Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864">NJ
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana Pro",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none">NJ Brand,
</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none">(she/her/hers; Dyslexic, ADHD, PsA, Fibro, Migraine- Let’s destigmatize disabilities!)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Norma Jean Brand </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F3864"><a href="https://namedrop.io/njbrand" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#6555DC;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">(hear
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