Section 508 Compliance
Name of Product: Mathematica 6.0
For More Information: Contact compliance@wolfram.com
Mathematica 6.0 is developed
and
distributed by Wolfram Research, Inc., 100 Trade Center Drive, Champaign, IL
61820-7237; phone 217-398-0700; fax 217-398-0747.
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| Section 1194.21 Software Applications and Operating
Systems |
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and
Explanations |
| (a) When software is designed to run on a system that has a keyboard, product functions shall be
executable from a keyboard where the function itself or the result of performing a function can be discerned
textually. |
Keyboard shortcuts, menu accelerators |
All menu commands are executable via keyboard. Palettes and custom controls are not executable from the keyboard, but all functionality can be replicated by other means from the keyboard. |
| (b) Applications shall not disrupt or disable activated features of other products that are
identified as accessibility features, where those features are developed and documented according to industry standards.
Applications also shall not disrupt or disable activated features of any operating system that are identified as
accessibility features where the application programming interface for those accessibility features has been documented
by the manufacturer of the operating system and is available to the product developer. |
N/A |
No such disruptions occur. |
| (c) A well-defined on-screen indication of the current focus shall be provided that moves among
interactive interface elements as the input focus changes. The focus shall be programmatically exposed so that assistive
technology can track focus and focus changes. |
Caret/selection only fully painted in focused window, operating system support for focused appearance
on title bars of windows, keyboard support of focus-switching |
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| (d) Sufficient information about a user interface element including the identity, operation and
state of the element shall be available to assistive technology. When an image represents a program element, the
information conveyed by the image must also be available in text. |
All user interface elements are textual or have tooltips. |
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| (e) When bitmap images are used to identify controls, status indicators, or other programmatic
elements, the meaning assigned to those images shall be consistent throughout an application's performance |
VCR-style bitmaps appear consistently. Most other bitmaps are
unique to an individual control |
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| (f) Textual information shall be provided through operating system functions for displaying text.
The minimum
information that shall be made available is text content, text input caret location, and text attributes. |
Text drawn with appropriate attributes by operating system calls, caret is tracked by operating
system |
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| (g) Applications shall not override user selected contrast and color selections and other
individual display attributes. |
Full support of operating system's color scheme or theme |
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| (h) When animation is displayed, the information shall be displayable in at least one non-animated
presentation mode at the option of the user. |
All animations are under full user control and may be slowed down or paused |
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| (i) Color coding shall not be used as the only means of conveying information, indicating an
action, prompting a response, or distinguishing a visual element. |
No interface elements rely solely on color |
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| (j) When a product permits a user to adjust color and contrast settings, a variety of color
selections capable of producing a range of contrast levels shall be provided. |
Colors are fully customizable |
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| (k) Software shall not use flashing or blinking text, objects, or other elements having a flash or
blink frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz. |
No flashing or blinking elements |
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| (l) When electronic forms are used, the form shall allow people using assistive technology to
access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of the form, including
all directions and cues. |
Such forms are in dialog boxes fully supporting assistive
technology or work through an externally launched web browser |
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| Section 1194.31 Functional Performance
Criteria |
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and
Explanations |
| (a) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user vision
shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are blind or visually impaired shall be
provided. |
Text uses standard output mechanism, math does not |
Screen readers should work okay with text in the document. However, we are not aware of any systems
that work well for totally blind people when dealing with typeset mathematical formulas |
| (b) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual acuity
greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print output working together or independently, or support
for assistive technology used by people who are visually impaired shall be provided. |
Built-in magnification modes, support of screen magnifiers |
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| (c) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user hearing
shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be
provided |
No critical functionality relies on sound |
Some minor error messages only beep by default (bringing up an error dialog only the first time), but
Mathematica can be reconfigured to always bring up an error dialog. |
| (d) Where audio information is important for the use of a product, at least one mode of operation
and information retrieval shall be provided in an enhanced auditory fashion, or support for assistive hearing devices
shall be provided. |
No critical functionality relies on sound |
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| (e) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require user speech
shall be provided, or support for assistive technology used by people with disabilities shall be provided. |
No speech support |
No functions
require user speech |
| (f) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require fine motor
control or simultaneous actions and that is operable with limited reach and strength shall be provided. |
Built-in magnification modes |
Those people with fine motor control problems should be helped by our built-in magnification, which
magnifies all palette and document elements. It does not magnify dialog boxes, but those are fully keyboard-navigable,
and easy to manipulate via other assistive mechanisms. |
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| Section 1194.41 Information, Documentation, and
Support |
| Criteria | Supporting Features | Remarks and
Explanations |
| (a) Product support documentation provided to end-users shall be made available in alternate
formats upon request, at no additional charge. |
Online version of documentation at our website,
http://reference.wolfram.com |
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| (b) End-users shall have access to a description of the accessibility and compatibility features of
products in alternate formats or alternate methods upon request, at no additional charge. |
Those features that require documentation are a part of our standard documentation, also on
http://reference.wolfram.com |
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| (c) Support services for products shall accommodate the communication needs of end-users with
disabilities. | Support is available via telephone, email, and fax |
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