Name of Product: Storagetek Tape Analytics (Release 2.1)

Last Updated: 20-Nov-2014

This VPAT applies to only versions 2.1 through 2.2. It does not apply to any versions of StorageTek Tape Analytics after this.
This VPAT has been superseded by StorageTek Tape Analytics 2.3

• WCAG 2.0 - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
• Section 1194.21 - Software Applications and Operating Systems
• Section 1194.22 - Web-based intranet information and applications
• Section 1194.23 - Telecommunication Products
• Section 1194.24 - Video and Multi-media Products
• Section 1194.25 - Self-Contained, Closed Products
• Section 1194.26 - Desktop and Portable Computers
• Section 1194.31 - Functional Performance Criteria
• Section 1194.41 - Information, Documentation and Support

• Controls, Input: If non-text content is a control or accepts user input, then it has a name that describes its purpose. (Refer to Guideline 4.1 for additional requirements for controls and content that accepts user input.)
• Time-Based Media: If non-text content is time-based media, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content. (Refer to Guideline 1.2 for additional requirements for media.)
• Test: If non-text content is a test or exercise that would be invalid if presented in text, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content.
• Sensory: If non-text content is primarily intended to create a specific sensory experience, then text alternatives at least provide descriptive identification of the non-text content.
• CAPTCHA: If the purpose of non-text content is to confirm that content is being accessed by a person rather than a computer, then text alternatives that identify and describe the purpose of the non-text content are provided, and alternative forms of CAPTCHA using output modes for different types of sensory perception are provided to accommodate different disabilities.
• Decoration, Formatting, Invisible: If non-text content is pure decoration, is used only for visual formatting, or is not presented to users, then it is implemented in a way that it can be ignored by assistive technology.

The product conforms to the following:

• Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT
• Images that are decorative are marked up using ALT=”” or CSS background images
• Information shown in complex images such as charts is also available in an alternative textual form (e.g. a data table)
• Titles for Objects are provided
• Controls have an associated name
• There is no use of time-based media
• Client-side image maps specify the ALT attribute on each element.
• Non-text characters are not used or have meaningful alternative text
• CAPTCHAs are not used

• Prerecorded Audio-only: An alternative for time-based media is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded audio-only content.

• Prerecorded Video-only: Either an alternative for time-based media or an audio track is provided that presents equivalent information for prerecorded video-only content.

No pre-recorded audio or video used.

No prerecorded audio or video in product.

No prerecorded audio or video in product.

No audio or video in product.

No prerecorded audio or video in product.

The product was tested for:

• Hierarchical text structures available via screen reader and similar accessibility tools.

Because the product makes significant use of tables, the following structure/information details were also specifically tested :

• Table usage – only data tables, as opposed to layout tables, use table elements of TH and CAPTION and table attributes of SUMMARY, SCOPE, and HEADERS.
• Each column of a data table is marked up with TH and SCOPE=”COL”
• Each row of a data table has at least one column marked as the row header with SCOPE=”ROW”
• Summaries, row headers, and column headers are defined and used.
• For pivot tables, controls are provided allowing the pivoting and changing of position and relationship of the row and column headers (pivoting).  These controls have meaningful associated text accessible by tabbing and other accessibility access methods (dependent on the technology used).

The product was tested for:

• Objects in sequence are organized using structures (e.g. tables, IDs, etc) from which their relationships may be determined.

The product was tested for:

• Instructions provided do not refer to things solely based on their sensory characteristics such as shape, size, visual location, orientation, color, or sound
• Instructions provided which refer to graphics included a reference to the text alternative of the graphic

The product provides:

• Alternative means used for conveying color-related information. 
• Color coded information is presented in conjunction with either text or symbols which convey the meaning independently from the color used.

No audio or video used in the product.

• Large Text: Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1;
• Incidental: Text or images of text that are part of an inactive user interface component, that are pure decoration, that are not visible to anyone, or that are part of a picture that contains significant other visual content, have no contrast requirement.
• Logotypes: Text that is part of a logo or brand name has no minimum contrast requirement.

The product was tested for:

• Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1
• All other text and images of text have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1

The product was tested for:

• Text can be resized up to 200% without loss of content or functionality

• Customizable: The image of text can be visually customized to the user's requirements;
• Essential: A particular presentation of text is essential to the information being conveyed.

The product was tested for:

• Images of text are only used when the technology can't create the desired visual presentation, the image can be customized or the particular image is essential

The product was tested for:

• Tab order through the product controls and selectable elements
• Use of keyboard to perform selection and actions, without requiring specific timing

Exception:

After prolonged use of screen reader mode the product disables action buttons and links. The workaround is to click the browser "refresh" or "back" buttons. If this does not restore functionality, log the user out of the application. Functionality will be restored when login again. Bug 15750394.

The product was tested for:

• Movement of focus through each control only using the keyboard, with no "keyboard trap" that prevents focus from moving away from any control

• Turn off: The user is allowed to turn off the time limit before encountering it; or
• Adjust: The user is allowed to adjust the time limit before encountering it over a wide range that is at least ten times the length of the default setting; or
• Extend: The user is warned before time expires and given at least 20 seconds to extend the time limit with a simple action (for example, "press the space bar"), and the user is allowed to extend the time limit at least ten times; or
• Real-time Exception: The time limit is a required part of a real-time event (for example, an auction), and no alternative to the time limit is possible; or
• Essential Exception: The time limit is essential and extending it would invalidate the activity; or
• 20 Hour Exception: The time limit is longer than 20 hours.

The product was tested and all time limits conform to the following:

• The user is allowed to adjust the time limit before encountering it over a wide range that is at least ten times the length of the default setting, or
• The time limit is essential and extending it would invalidate the activity, or
• The time limit is longer than 20 hours.

• Moving, blinking, scrolling: For any moving, blinking or scrolling information that (1) starts automatically, (2) lasts more than five seconds, and (3) is presented in parallel with other content, there is a mechanism for the user to pause, stop, or hide it unless the movement, blinking, or scrolling is part of an activity where it is essential; and
• Auto-updating: For any auto-updating information that (1) starts automatically and (2) is presented in parallel with other content, there is a mechanism for the user to pause, stop, or hide it or to control the frequency of the update unless the auto-updating is part of an activity where it is essential.

The product contains the following instances of animation:

• Status indicator - The status indicator supports alternate text to indicate the state as busy or idle.  It remains in motion as long as the state is busy (which can exceed three seconds).
• Loading indicator - The loading indicator is a decorative animation image that also has text explaining that the application is loading. It remains in motion as long as the browser is loading a screen.
• Progress bars - Used to indicate degree of completion of user activity.  Bar grows in accord with amount completed.
• Other decorative animation effects, such as those presented through Adobe Flash, can be prevented when using "screen reader" mode.

The product was tested for:

• No portion of the screen flickers or flashes with a frequency between 2 Hz and 55 Hz

The product was tested for:

• When in screen reader mode, the application contains a "skip to main content" navigation link.
• Header markup is not used for formatting effects (such as font size), but rather for hierarchical purposes on the screens.
• Some screen content areas do not contain sufficient headers to allow efficient hierarchical navigation.  User may use serial navigation (less efficient) in these cases.

The product was tested for:

• Meaningful titles for Pages are provided.

The product was tested for:

• Logical movement through the focusable components using only the keyboard, in an order that follows a meaningful sequence

The product was tested for:

• Links are meaningful from the text of the link alone, or from underlying or alternate text.

The product provides:

• Navigation bar for hierarchical access
• Quick links for instant access in a flattened, non-hierarchical form, and
• Access via content links on each page to meaningful items which navigate to other pages.

The product was tested for:

• Headings and labels are meaningful and descriptive of the page or sub-context which they precede.

The product supports:

• Visual cue or feedback to the position of the cursor within the product
• Cursor focus is programmatically exposed

The product was tested for:

• The "lang" attribute is properly set for each HTML page, and
• The human language conforms to that set for the platform (OS) or the host system (programmatically determinable from that system).

The product was tested for:

• No passages or phrases that differ in language from the page/screen as a whole, and
• The "lang" attribute is correctly set for each screen, and
• The human language used will be that selected for the platform (OS) on which the product runs (programmatically determinable from that system).

The product was tested for:

• When an element receives focus, it does not result in a substantial change to the page, an additional change of keyboard focus, or the spawning of a pop-up window.

The product has been tested for:

• No use of user interface components for which a change in setting results in change of context.

The product was tested for:

• Ordering of navigational elements remains constant unless a change is initiated by the user.

Components maintain the same meaning and functionality across the product.

Wherever possible, the product prevents the user from inputting invalid values.

When that is not possible (e.g. a value may be valid or invalid, varying based on other factors), the input error is presented and described in textual form.

The product was tested for:

• Labels or instructions are provided when the product requires user input

The error text will typically inform the user of the root cause of the error, allowing them to submit input which does not suffer from that same cause.

1. Reversible: Submissions are reversible.
2. Checked: Data entered by the user is checked for input errors and the user is provided an opportunity to correct them.
3. Confirmed: A mechanism is available for reviewing, confirming, and correcting information before finalizing the submission.

No legal, financial, or user-data commitments, modifications, or deletions are made by this product.  No user test responses are submitted by this product.

The product was tested for:

• Pages validate to the HTML specification

The product supports:

• Components have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL, TITLE, SUMMARY, CAPTION, etc.
• Additional state information is programmatically exposed, such as whether a field is required or changed.

The product was tested for:

• Use of keyboard to perform selection and actions, without requiring specific timing.
• Functions and results of functions can be discerned textually.
• Logical movement through the focusable components using only the keyboard, in an order that follows a meaningful sequence

Exception:

After prolonged use of screen reader mode the product disables action buttons and links. The workaround is to click the browser "refresh" or "back" buttons. If this does not restore functionality, log the user out of the application. Functionality will be restored when login again. Bug 15750394.

The product supports and neither disables nor disrupts the following operating system accessibility features:

• Sticky Keys, Filter Keys and Toggle Keys
• Sound Sentry
• High Contrast

Note: these feature names are the terms used on Windows; other platforms have their own unique terminology.

The product supports:

• Visual cue or feedback to the position of the cursor within the product
• Cursor focus is programmatically exposed

The product was tested for:

• Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT
• Images that are decorative are marked up using ALT=”” or CSS background images
• Information shown in complex images such as charts is also available in an alternative textual form (e.g. a data table)
• Titles for Objects are provided
• Controls have an associated name
• Client-side image maps specify the ALT attribute on each element.
• Non-text characters are not used or have meaningful alternative text
• Components have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL, TITLE, SUMMARY, CAPTION, etc.
• Additional state information is programmatically exposed, such as whether a field is required or changed.

The product was tested for:

• Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT
• Images that are decorative are marked up using ALT=”” or CSS background images
• Information shown in complex images such as charts is also available in an alternative textual form (e.g. a data table)
• Client-side image maps specify the ALT attribute on each element.
• Non-text characters are not used or have meaningful alternative text
• Meaning assigned to images remains consistent throughout the application.

The product provides the following:

• Text is supplied through HTML or injected into the browser DOM; the browser is responsible for exposing all such content in a way that is usable by assistive technology on the platform.

The product was tested for:

• Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1
• All other text and images of text have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1
• Product offers color contrast setting (high contrast)
• Contrast setting is consistent throughout the user session
• Windows or other OS-level color settings not over-ruled by the product
• Font and other OS-level or browser-level selections are not overridden by the product.
• The user may make specific settings within the product to enhance accessibility.

The product contains the following instances of animation:

• Status indicator - The status indicator supports alternate text to indicate the state as busy or idle.  It remains in motion as long as the state is busy (which can exceed three seconds).
• Loading indicator - The loading indicator is a decorative animation image that also has text explaining that the application is loading. It remains in motion as long as the browser is loading a screen.
• Progress bars - Used to indicate degree of completion of user activity.  Bar grows in accord with amount completed.
• Other decorative animation effects, such as those presented through Adobe Flash, can be prevented when using "screen reader" mode.

The product provides:

• Alternative means used for conveying color-related information. 
• Color coded information is presented in conjunction with either text or symbols which convey the meaning independently from the color used.

The product was tested for:

• Product offers color contrast setting (high contrast)
• Large-scale text and images of large-scale text have a contrast ratio of at least 3:1
• All other text and images of text have a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1

The product does not use flashing, flickering, or blinking text, objects or other elements.

The product was tested for:

• Labels or instructions are provided when the product requires user input
• Components have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL, TITLE, SUMMARY, CAPTION, etc.
• Additional state information is programmatically exposed, such as whether a field is required or changed.

The product was tested for:

• Images that convey information have meaningful alternative text using ALT
• Images that are decorative are marked up using ALT=”” or CSS background images
• Information shown in complex images such as charts is also available in an alternative textual form (e.g. a data table)
• Controls have an associated name
• Client-side image maps specify the ALT attribute on each element.
• Non-text characters are not used or have meaningful alternative text

No prerecorded audio or video in product.

The product provides:

• Alternative means used for conveying color-related information. 
• Color coded information is presented in conjunction with either text or symbols which convey the meaning independently from the color used.

Style sheets are used only for presentation and layout.  For this product, the style sheets help us to provide consistent screen patterns (look/feel, layout, presentation), facilitating the use of the product through familiarity by both accessibility challenged and non-challenged users.

This product has no server-side image maps.

Client side image maps (in the form of Adobe Flash based graphs) are provided.  In screen reader mode, these same maps are substituted with a rich table, which provides access to all the same detail and information as is contained in the graphic representation.

The product was tested for:

• Table usage – only data tables, as opposed to layout tables, use table elements of TH and CAPTION and table attributes of SUMMARY, SCOPE, HEADERS and AXIS
• Each column of a data table is marked up with TH and SCOPE=”COL”
• Each row of a data table has at least one column marked as the row header with SCOPE=”ROW”

Summaries, row headers, and column headers are defined and used.

In the more complex (Analysis, pivot) tables, multiple levels of headers are provided, and summaries are provided.  Checkboxes are provided for selection of table elements.  Multiple headers appear in each cell, identifying the headers in effect for that cell.

Controls are provided allowing the pivoting and changing of position and relationship of the row and column headers (pivoting).  These controls have meaningful associated text and are accessible by tabbing and other accessibility access methods (dependent on the technology used).

There is no use of axis attributes.

The product was tested for:

• Frames are titled with text.

The product was tested for:

• Does not use flashing, flickering, or blinking text, objects or other elements except a cursor for text input only.
• The text input cursor flashes at a slower rate than 3 times per second.

Text–only pages are not necessary because pages have been coded to meet other applicable standards, to the extent indicated.

Content generated by JavaScript has been coded to meet applicable standards.

If the platform supports Flash and the Flash player is not detected, the user will be prompted to install the Flash player.

• If the application is configured in screen reader mode, graph components will render data in table format, obviating the need for the plugin.

The product supports:

• Components have a programmatically associated name, derived from the appropriate HTML elements and attributes including LABEL, TITLE, SUMMARY, CAPTION, etc.
• Additional state information is programmatically exposed, such as whether a field is required or changed.

The product was tested for:

• When in screen reader mode, the application contains a "skip to main content" navigation link.
• Header markup is not used for formatting effects (such as font size), but rather for hierarchical purposes on the screens.
• Some screen content areas do not contain sufficient headers to allow efficient hierarchical navigation.  User may use serial navigation (less efficient) in these cases.

The product was tested and all time limits conform to the following:

• The user is allowed to adjust the time limit before encountering it over a wide range that is at least ten times the length of the default setting, or
• The time limit is essential and extending it would invalidate the activity, or
• The time limit is longer than 20 hours.

In addition to the Accessible HTML format, the documentation is available in text-based PDF format.