Guidelines for Applications Software - Priority 1
Following priority 1 will ensure that the application can be used by most people with impaired mobility, vision, hearing, cognition and language understanding, using their assistive technologies.
- 1.1 Ensure that users have access to the operating system accessibility tools, without affecting application functionality
- Explanation and help for accommodating operating system accessibility tools
- 1.2 Ensure compatibility with assistive technologies
- Explanation and help for compatibility with assistive technologies
- 1.3 Adhere to all user-selected system settings for input and output
- Explanation and help for adhering to user-selected system settings
- 1.4 Adhere to the standard keyboard access methods
- Explanation and help for adhering to standard keyboard access methods
- 1.5 Do not require use of a pointing device
- Explanation and help for not requiring a pointing device
- 1.6 Ensure that all information can be perceived by users with restricted or no vision
- Explanation and help for ensuring information can be perceived with restricted vision
- 1.7 Ensure that all information can be perceived by users with restricted or no hearing
- Explanation and help for ensuring information can be perceived with restricted hearing
- 1.8 Do not cause the screen to flash at a frequency of above 2 Hertz
- Explanation and help for avoiding rapid flashing
- 1.9 Use the simplest language possible for instructions, prompts and outputs and, where possible, supplement it with pictorial information or spoken language
- Explanation and help for using simple language
- 1.10 Ensure a logical tab order for controls, input fields and other objects
- Explanation and help for ensuring a logical tab order
- 1.11 Provide descriptions and instructions for all accessibility features
- Explanation and help for describing accessibility features
- 1.12 Provide accessible documentation, training and support materials
- Explanation and help for providing accessible documentation, training and support